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- The medium is not the message: reconciling reputation and free expression in cases of Internet defamation.
In this paper the author critiques the approach to defamation over the Internet taken to date by the Canadian common law courts. In the emerging juris...
- McGill Law Journal
- Vol. 56 Nbr. 1, December 2010
- Bou Malhab v. Diffusion M, Bou Malhab v. Diffusion Métromédia CMR inc., 2011 SCC 9, 2011 SCC 9 (2011)
...Civil procedure - Class actions - Defamation - Action in defamation on behalf of group followin...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- An Overview Of Business Defamation
Traditionally, a reputation carefully fostered over decades could be lost in minutes through a defamatory comment. The Internet accelerates this destr...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English

- Defamation Risks from User-Generated and Other Online Content
Copyright 2010, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Intellectual Property/Information Technology Social Media S...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English
- Legal Column: Lawless Internet Changes Rules for Defamation
The Defamation Act does, however, allow a claim if there has been libel against a race, religious creed or sexual orientation which is likely to expose the persons belonging to these groups to hatred, contempt or ridicule. In a well-known Supreme Court of Canada case, the Church of Scientology of Toronto was found to have deliberately and maliciously made detailed statements that a crown attorney had engaged in criminal behaviour.
- Brandon Sun, The
- September 07, 2009
- Developments In Internet Law: Defamation And Hyperlinks
The Supreme Court of Canada has advanced both defamation law and Internet law in its recent decision in Crookes v Newton,1 released on October 19, 201...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English
- Group Defamation Clarified
The Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed a class action brought on behalf of 1,100 Montreal taxi drivers for group defamation. At issue in the c...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English
- Defamation And Hyperlinks
On October 19, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada issued an important decision regarding application of the law of defamation to Internet hyperlinks th...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English
- Defamation And The Internet: Additional Guidance But No Certainty
In Barrick Gold Corporation v. Lopehandia (2004), 71 O.R. 3d 416 (Ont. C.A.), Justice Blair endorsed the view that the Internet is "potentially a medi...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English
- Supreme Court Of Canada Affirms That Harm Is A Prerequisite For Liability In Dismissing A Defamation Class Action
Bou Malhab v. Diffusion Metromedia CMR inc., 2011 SCC9 In its recent judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to permit the certification of a...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Canada Law Articles in English