A British Columbia judge wrongly decided three National Post writers defamed a prominent climate scientist, and a new trial is required to fix the errors, according to the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Between them they wrote four articles that mentioned Weaver, which were published in the National Post, the Financial Post and FP Magazine in late 2009 and early 2010. At the time, Weaver was Canada Research Chair in climate modelling and analysis at the University of Victoria. As the new ruling describes it, Weaver’s counsel presented each of the four articles as individual expressions of defamation. The National Post similarly defended each article individually, claiming the defence of fair comment.

Source: National Post April 21, 2017 23:48 UTC