Cheema v. Young,
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Judge | Honourable Madam Justice MacNaughton |
| Neutral Citation | 2021 BCSC 461 |
| Date | 17 March 2021 |
| Citation | 2021 BCSC 461 |
| Docket Number | S196373 |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
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19 practice notes
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Commencement of an Anti-SLAPP Motion -Section 137.2(1)
...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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Public Interest: Legislation and Caselaw
...23–27 British Columbia Court of Appeal Galloway v AB , 2020 BCCA 106 at paras 11–12 British Columbia Supreme Court Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 Lyncaster v Metro Vancouver Kink Society , 2019 BCSC 2207 at paras 18–29 Public Interest: Legislation and Caselaw | 115 Hobbs v Warne......
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Matters Related to the Public Interest - Section 137.1(3)
...Private Disputes Johnson v Rakhmanova , 2018 ONSC 5258 at paras 72–74 Attack on Personal Character and Private Matters Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 at paras 88–91: [90] . . . Mr. Young’s application should fail at the irst stage of the analysis under s. 4 of the PPPA . His tweets make r......
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Table of Cases
...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......
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5 cases
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2023 BCSC 379,
...something more than suspicion but less than proof on a balance of probabilities: Pointes at paras. 39–40; Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461 at para. 32 This assessment must be made from the judge's perspective and is thus subjective: Pointes at para. 41. Substantial Merit: s. 4(2)(......
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Simán v Eisenbrandt,
...something more than suspicion but less than proof on a balance of probabilities: Pointes at paras. 39–40; Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461 at para. 32 This assessment must be made from the judge's perspective and is thus subjective: Pointes at para. 41. Substantial Merit: s. 4(2)(......
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Lang v. Neufeld,
...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......
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2023 BCSC 231,
...Impugned Statements #10 and #11 are not defamatory. 91 Fair comment protects expression on a matter of public interest: Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461 at para. 126 [ Cheema]. As explained in Torstar at para. 31, to succeed with this defence, J.G. must establish that each of the Impugned Sta......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Gratuitous Defamatory Tweets About Plaintiff Not Protected As A Matter Of Public Interest
...when the speaker seeks to protect himself or herself from a defamation claim. This was the result of the court in Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461 where a Twitter user attempted to dismiss the plaintiff's defamation under British Columbia's Protection of Public Participation Act. S.B.C. 2019 ......
13 books & journal articles
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Commencement of an Anti-SLAPP Motion -Section 137.2(1)
...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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Public Interest: Legislation and Caselaw
...23–27 British Columbia Court of Appeal Galloway v AB , 2020 BCCA 106 at paras 11–12 British Columbia Supreme Court Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 Lyncaster v Metro Vancouver Kink Society , 2019 BCSC 2207 at paras 18–29 Public Interest: Legislation and Caselaw | 115 Hobbs v Warne......
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Matters Related to the Public Interest - Section 137.1(3)
...Private Disputes Johnson v Rakhmanova , 2018 ONSC 5258 at paras 72–74 Attack on Personal Character and Private Matters Cheema v Young , 2021 BCSC 461 at paras 88–91: [90] . . . Mr. Young’s application should fail at the irst stage of the analysis under s. 4 of the PPPA . His tweets make r......
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Table of Cases
...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......
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