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- Common law of defamation

329 documents for defamation law

- 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
- 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
- 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

- Legal Column: Navigating Through Small Claims Court
Small claims court does not deal with such things as landlord and tenant matters, family law, estates or defamation for example. Small claims court decisions are subject to appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench, where the hearing is more formal and the rules of evidence are stricter.
- Brandon Sun, The
- January 25, 2010
- Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 (2009)
...Torts -- Defamation -- Defences -- Responsible communication on matter...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- What You Say On Website Now Might Haunt You Later
Employers are starting to Google potential employees," says human resources expert Barbara Bowes. "People are putting things out there and they're not thinking about the long-term effects. Do you really want someone who has the power to give you a job to read what you've written? "You're wading into issues of defamation," says lawyer Adam Herstein, an expert in technological law. "People want to talk about free speech but if it's completely and utterly false and it's spreading like a virus, that's a different matter." "It's very scary the power a 15 or 16-year-old with a keyboard wields," he says. "But I really think they're just having a good time. Kids will be kids."
- Winnipeg Free Press
- August 18, 2009
- Crookes c. Newton , 2011 CSC 47, Crookes c. Newton, 2011 CSC 47, 2011 CSC 47 (2011)
...Reid. « The Modern-Day Soapbox : Defamation in the Age of the Internet », in Defamation Law :...
- Cour Suprême du Canada
- , Éditions Écosociété Inc. v. Banro Corp., 2012 SCC 18, 2012 SCC 18 (2012)
...The alleged tort of defamation occurred in Ontario, as the book was distributed i...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Year in review: developments in Canadian law in 2008.
...Defamation III PROPERTY IV CONTRACTS Exclusion Clauses Contra...
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review
- Vol. 67 Nbr. 2, March 2009
- Crookes v. Newton , 2011 SCC 47, Crookes v. Newton, 2011 SCC 47, 2011 SCC 47 (2011)
....: To prove the publication element of defamation, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant has...
- Supreme Court of Canada