Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant had to be denied liberatory proof under Art. 173 ch. 3 CP.
Solution extraite
The refusal was unlawful because the record did not support the required cumulative finding of absence of sufficient motive and a predominant intent to defame.
Motifs extraits
The cantonal court ignored a decisive timing element concerning when counsel learned of the intended complaint, which made its finding of defamatory intent arbitrary.