B.W. (Brad) Blair v. Premier Doug Ford
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
| Judge | Justice Edward P. Belobaba |
| Citation | 2020 ONSC 7100 |
| Date | 15 December 2020 |
| Docket Number | CV-19-616339 |
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19 practice notes
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Table of Cases
...ONSC 5385 ....................................................................................... 35 BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford, 2020 ONSC 7100 ....................70, 87, 96, 107, 131, 152, 175, 221, 296–97, 401, 434–35, 473, 479 BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford, 2021 ONSC 695 ......
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Commencement of an Anti-SLAPP Motion -Section 137.2(1)
...2021 ONSC 1074 Rebel News v Al Jazeera Media , 2021 ONSC 1035 Nanda v McEwan , 2020 ONCA 431 BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford , 2020 ONSC 7100 Bullard v Rogers Media Inc , 2020 ONSC 3084 Di Franco v Bueckert , 2020 ONSC 1954 Levant v Day , 2019 ONCA 244 Bondield Constructio......
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Matters Related to the Public Interest - Section 137.1(3)
...relevant to the public interest) Comments by the Premier of Ontario about a Senior Public Servant BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford , 2020 ONSC 7100 at paras 18–21 A frequent subcategory of cases of political expressions relating to matters of public interest arise out of expressions ma......
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Determining Whether a Proceeding Is a SLAPP Action
...of Public Participation Act, SBC 2019, c 3 [PPPA] applications are not limited to SLAPP suits. BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford , 2020 ONSC 7100 at paras 4 and 18–20: [4] As I explain below, the plaintif’s defamation action is not, strictly speaking, a SLAPP suit. The plaintif is not a l......
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The Most Important Cases For Personal Injury Lawyers
...Protection, 2020 SCC 22, 2020 (&lldquo;Pointes") and Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23 ("Bent"). 2. B.W. (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford, 2020 ONSC 7100 per Belobaba J. ("Blair") 3. Pointes, supra, at note 1, paragraphs 2 and 3 4. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43 5. 2020 ONCA 447 6. S.O. 2002, c.24, Sched.......
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Defamation Action Against Ontario Premier Dismissed Under Courts Of Justice Act
...participation or anti-SLAPP legislation. In a 16-page judgment, the Honourable Justice Belobaba dismissed the former officer's action ( 2020 ONSC 7100). The governing Section 137.1 of the CJA was first introduced into Ontario law in 2015 under the Protection of Public Participation Act, 201......
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City Politicians Succeed In Getting Defamation Claim Against Them Dismissed
...to report on an ongoing public debate in the circumstances. This case is similar to the recent decision of the court in Blair v. Ford, 2020 ONSC 7100 (CanLII) in which a motion judge, upheld by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, leave to appeal refused by the Supreme Court of Canada, also dis......
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City Politicians Succeed In Getting Defamation Claim Against Them Dismissed
...to report on an ongoing public debate in the circumstances. This case is similar to the recent decision of the court in Blair v. Ford, 2020 ONSC 7100 (CanLII) in which a motion judge, upheld by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, leave to appeal refused by the Supreme Court of Canada, also dis......
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Table of Cases
...ONSC 5385 ....................................................................................... 35 BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford, 2020 ONSC 7100 ....................70, 87, 96, 107, 131, 152, 175, 221, 296–97, 401, 434–35, 473, 479 BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford, 2021 ONSC 695 ......
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Commencement of an Anti-SLAPP Motion -Section 137.2(1)
...2021 ONSC 1074 Rebel News v Al Jazeera Media , 2021 ONSC 1035 Nanda v McEwan , 2020 ONCA 431 BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford , 2020 ONSC 7100 Bullard v Rogers Media Inc , 2020 ONSC 3084 Di Franco v Bueckert , 2020 ONSC 1954 Levant v Day , 2019 ONCA 244 Bondield Constructio......
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Matters Related to the Public Interest - Section 137.1(3)
...relevant to the public interest) Comments by the Premier of Ontario about a Senior Public Servant BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford , 2020 ONSC 7100 at paras 18–21 A frequent subcategory of cases of political expressions relating to matters of public interest arise out of expressions ma......
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Determining Whether a Proceeding Is a SLAPP Action
...of Public Participation Act, SBC 2019, c 3 [PPPA] applications are not limited to SLAPP suits. BW (Brad) Blair v Premier Doug Ford , 2020 ONSC 7100 at paras 4 and 18–20: [4] As I explain below, the plaintif’s defamation action is not, strictly speaking, a SLAPP suit. The plaintif is not a l......
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