Acknowledgments

• Author: David A. Potts
• Profession: Barrister, Bar of Ontario
• Pages: 27-29

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Acknowledgements

A book of this size and complexity can only be completed with the assist-

ance and work of a ver y competent team. i s book is no dierent. First, I

would like to t hank the assistance I received f rom the indiv iduals in our of-

ce. Leandra Delgado began simply typing my dras. She blossomed into an

“air trac controller” who has organized, coordinated, and made decisions

on a wide range of issues in the book, and without whose assistance this book

could have never been completed. A great deal of help in typing was received

from a number of individuals. Linda Haney, as usual, has kept us all on track

and allowed us to continue with this project w ithout the other aspects of the

law rm collapsing.

Outside the oce, I received enormous as sistance from Ir win Law. In

particula r, Je Miller ha s been more than merely a publisher; he has been a

sounding board, advisor, and in many cases a friend in the production of this

book. Dan Wiley, our editor, has gone far beyond the duties of an e ditor. He

has tack led this topic with real enthusiasm, and has contributed enormous

expertise th rough his own skills a nd graduate work in communications. His

impact is ev ident throughout the b ook, in par ticular in the Search Engines,

Hyperlinks and Soc ial Networking Sites sections.

I have known Dennis Lane for nearly twenty-ve years. When he was sen-

ior counsel at Oslers, he spent a full day with me discussing and trying to un-

ravel some of the obscure aspects of libel practice for my rst book,Canadian

Libel Practice. As a judge in the Ontar io Superior Cour t of Justice, he has

written some of the leading defamation decisions in Canada: Magnotta Win-

ery Ltd. v. Ziraldo on pleadings;Lubarevich v. Nurgitz on absolute privilege;

 Magnotta Winery Ltd . v. Ziraldo,  CanLII  (ON S.C.),

 Lubarevich v. Nurgitz, [] O.J. No.  (Gen. Div.)