Canadian Libel and Slander Actions
- Publisher:
- Irwin Law Inc.
- Publication date:
- 2004-06-17
- Authors:
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David Potts
(Barrister, Bar of Ontario)
Roger McConchie - ISBN:
- 9781552212981
Description:
Canadian Libel and Slander Actions is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to litigating a libel or slander action from the initial meeting with the client to the jury charge. It surveys more than 500 leading cases in Canada and elsewhere, providing expert insight into judicial interpretation of concepts such as express malice, fair comment, qualified and absolute privilege, justification and consent. It includes separate chapters on pleadings, discovery, evidence, damages, appeals, and Charter issues. The book is written by two of Canada’s most experienced and respected practitioners of defamation and media-related law. It is destined to be a classic in the field.
Index
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Libel and Slander
- Defamation Actions to Avoid
- Should You Sue?
- Response to a Lawsuit
- Injunctions
- Notice of Intended Action and Limitation Defences
- Parties
- Jillistlictional Issues
- Apologies and Retractions
- Security for Costs Under Defamation Statutes
- Joinder
- Trial by Jury
- Identification of the Plaintiff
- Publication and Republication
- Defamatory Meaning
- Express Malice
- Fair Comment
- Index
- Qualified Privilege and Publication to the World at Large
- Absolute Privilege
- Justification
- Consent
- Pleadings
- Polly Peck and Pizza Pizza
- Pre-trial Disposition of Claims and Defences
- Discovery of Documents
- Examination for Discovery
- Evidence at Trial
- Charge and Questions to the Jury
- Damages
- Appeals
- Related Causes of Action
- Charter Issues
- Insurance Issues
- Table of cases
- Qualified and Statutory Privilege
- Preliminary sections