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Court awards $118,000 to Lions Bay couple after neighbours defamed them in chat group

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Summary
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54% Informative

A dispute between neighbours over a shared driveway in Lions Bay escalated into a public online smear campaign.

Cindy and Richard David were awarded a total of $ 118,750 in B.C. Supreme Court after a 34-day trial late last year .

Most of the damages, about $88,000 , were awarded to Cindy David , and they included general damages, aggravated damages and the relatively rare punitive damages.

VR Score

62

Informative language

63

Neutral language

58

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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