Cheema v. Young

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeHonourable Madam Justice MacNaughton
Neutral Citation2021 BCSC 461
Citation2021 BCSC 461
Date17 March 2021
Docket NumberS196373

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18 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part IX. Procedural Issues in Anti-SLAPP Motions
    • June 13, 2022
    ...v Aninson, 2018 BCSC 856............................................................................................. 8 Cheema v Young, 2021 BCSC 461 ...................... 70, 114, 122, 123, 128, 137, 152, 160, 223, 228, 2 40, 243, 254, 257, 258, 270–72, 295, 402, 403, 460 Christian Labour......
  • Proof of Harm in Anti-SLAPP Proceedings: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VI. The Public Interest Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...the extract references to the following decisions: 227 228 | Guide to the Law and Practice of anti-SLaPP ProceedinGS • Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 • Niu v Cao , 2020 ONSC 5407 • Miceli v Swinton , 2019 ONSC 2926 • Bondield Construction Company Limited v The Globe and Mail Inc , 2019 ONCA......
  • Detailed Examination of the Factors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VI. The Public Interest Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...democratic society, to treat all expression as equally crucial to those principles at the core of s. 2( b )” (p. 760). Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , 2021 ONCA 26 Niu v Cao , 2020 ONSC 5407 Hobbs v Warner , 2......
  • Commencement of an Anti-SLAPP Motion -Section 137.2(1)
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VIII. Procedural Rules
    • June 13, 2022
    ...7068 • Armstrong v Corus Entertainment Inc , 2018 ONCA 689 • Platnick v Bent , 2018 ONCA 687 British Columbia Cases • Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 • Galloway v AB , 2021 BCSC 320; Galloway v AB , 2019 BCCA 385 • Lyncaster v Metro Vancouver Kink Society , 2019 BCSC 2207 • Hobbs v Warner , ......
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  • Lang v. Neufeld
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 27, 2022
    ...makes reference to” something of public interest. That distinction was taken up by MacNaughton J. in Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461 at paras. 85-90. In that case, the defendant’s tweets included comments on the transition to a municipal police force in Surrey, as well as comme......
  • Hamer-Jackson v Neustaeter
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 30, 2026
    ...that he can in turn assert that the defendant's responses are not matters of public interest. 69 The plaintiff relies on Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461 [ Cheema] and Sandher Fruit Packers Ltd. v. MacAskill, 2025 BCSC 844 [ Sandher] in support of his position that the Council Statements are ......
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  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part IX. Procedural Issues in Anti-SLAPP Motions
    • June 13, 2022
    ...v Aninson, 2018 BCSC 856............................................................................................. 8 Cheema v Young, 2021 BCSC 461 ...................... 70, 114, 122, 123, 128, 137, 152, 160, 223, 228, 2 40, 243, 254, 257, 258, 270–72, 295, 402, 403, 460 Christian Labour......
  • Proof of Harm in Anti-SLAPP Proceedings: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VI. The Public Interest Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...the extract references to the following decisions: 227 228 | Guide to the Law and Practice of anti-SLaPP ProceedinGS • Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 • Niu v Cao , 2020 ONSC 5407 • Miceli v Swinton , 2019 ONSC 2926 • Bondield Construction Company Limited v The Globe and Mail Inc , 2019 ONCA......
  • Detailed Examination of the Factors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VI. The Public Interest Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...democratic society, to treat all expression as equally crucial to those principles at the core of s. 2( b )” (p. 760). Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , 2021 ONCA 26 Niu v Cao , 2020 ONSC 5407 Hobbs v Warner , 2......
  • Commencement of an Anti-SLAPP Motion -Section 137.2(1)
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VIII. Procedural Rules
    • June 13, 2022
    ...7068 • Armstrong v Corus Entertainment Inc , 2018 ONCA 689 • Platnick v Bent , 2018 ONCA 687 British Columbia Cases • Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 • Galloway v AB , 2021 BCSC 320; Galloway v AB , 2019 BCCA 385 • Lyncaster v Metro Vancouver Kink Society , 2019 BCSC 2207 • Hobbs v Warner , ......
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