Cheema v. Young, 2021 BCSC 461
| 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, 2022 BCSC 130
...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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