Apologies and Retractions

• Author: David A. Potts; Erin Stoik
• Pages: 456-460

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Apologies and Retractions

Apologies and retractions at common law and in legislation have played a

central role in the conduct of defamation proceedings in the common law

world for over a hundred years.

There is a vast body of law on the topic. Here is a sample:

• Kazakof‌f v Taft, 2018 BCCA 241

• Nazerali v Mitchell, 2018 BCCA 104

• Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230

• Smith v Cross, 2009 BCCA 529

• Bar rick Gold Corp v Lopehandia (2004), 71 OR (3d) 416 (CA)

• Southam Inc v Chelekis, 2000 BCCA 112

• Leenen v Canadian Broadcasting Corp (2000), 48 OR (3d) 656 (SCJ)

• Brown v Cole, 1998 CanLII 6471 (BC CA)

• Hill v Church of Scientology of Toronto, [1995] 2 SCR 1130

• Munro v Toronto Sun Publishing Corp (1982), 39 OR (2d) 100

• Vogel v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, [1982] BCJ no 1565, 1982 21

CCLT 105

There have also been several legal texts that touch on the subject, including:

• Raymond E Brown, Brown on Defamation, 2d ed (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)

(loose-lea), chapter 25 at 261–71

• Alastair Mullis et al, Gatley on Libel and Slander, 12th ed (UK: Sweet &

Maxwell, 2013), chapter 29

• Julian Porter & David A Potts, Canadian Libel Practice (Toronto: Butter-

worths, 1986), chapter 4

• Roger McConchie & David Potts, Canadian Libel and Slander Actions

(Toronto: Irwin Law, 2004), chapter 9

See also Chapter 5, “Defamation Damages,” in this text.