Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wins $100,000 costs in NPA defamation case
Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart can recover more than $100,000 in legal costs related to a failed defamation case launched by his political rivals in the Non-Partisan Association, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled.
Baker found the defamation claims had “substantial merit,” but said Stewart’s statements were not malicious and were fair game because the issues were in the public interest and had been widely reported. Baker found the NPA board members’ claims had merit because the statements in the news release tended “to lower the reputation of the NPA board within the eyes of a reasonable person.”
“I find that a person reading those media articles could honestly express an opinion that some members of the NPA board appeared to hold such views, and that the NPA board ought to take steps to distance itself from members maintaining them,” Baker’s July 2022 ruling says.
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