Giesbrecht v. Prpick

CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeAntonio; Ho; Feth
Judgment Date23 June 2025
Citation2025 ABCA 222
Docket Number2401-0042AC
Date23 June 2025

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7 practice notes
  • Kostic v. Thom
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 14, 2026
    ...by security that what is required to be produced will be held confidential: Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2024 ABKB 51 at para 45, affirmed 2025 ABCA 222. [18] As to the third potential restriction, see MBH at paras [83] In most cases, the implied undertaking addresses any concerns about confidentia......
  • MacNeil v. Pankow
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 31, 2026
    ...The reporting of crime to police is a recognized occasion of qualified privilege: Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2024 ABKB 51 at para 152, aff’d 2025 ABCA 222 [Giesbrecht]; Caron v A, 2015 BCCA 47 at paras 37, 54; Cusson v Quan, 2007 ONCA 771 at para 39, rev’d on other grounds 2009 SCC 62. Where an o......
  • Piikani Nation v. North Peigan
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 3, 2025
    ...meaning that they were communicated to at least one person other than the plaintiff: Defamation Act, RSA 2000 c D-7; Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2025 ABCA 222 at para 10, citing Grant v Torstar Corp, 2009 SCC 61 at para [49] Specificity in pleadings is particularly important in defamation actions:......
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta v. Makis
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 4, 2026
    ...to be considered in the Court’s determination of whether final injunctive relief ought to be granted. See also: Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2025 ABCA 222 at para 15; Google at para [112]     The CPSA, in the discharge of its public interest mandate, has the right to insist that......
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  • Kostic v. Thom
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 14, 2026
    ...by security that what is required to be produced will be held confidential: Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2024 ABKB 51 at para 45, affirmed 2025 ABCA 222. [18] As to the third potential restriction, see MBH at paras [83] In most cases, the implied undertaking addresses any concerns about confidentia......
  • MacNeil v. Pankow
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 31, 2026
    ...The reporting of crime to police is a recognized occasion of qualified privilege: Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2024 ABKB 51 at para 152, aff’d 2025 ABCA 222 [Giesbrecht]; Caron v A, 2015 BCCA 47 at paras 37, 54; Cusson v Quan, 2007 ONCA 771 at para 39, rev’d on other grounds 2009 SCC 62. Where an o......
  • Piikani Nation v. North Peigan
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 3, 2025
    ...meaning that they were communicated to at least one person other than the plaintiff: Defamation Act, RSA 2000 c D-7; Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2025 ABCA 222 at para 10, citing Grant v Torstar Corp, 2009 SCC 61 at para [49] Specificity in pleadings is particularly important in defamation actions:......
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta v. Makis
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 4, 2026
    ...to be considered in the Court’s determination of whether final injunctive relief ought to be granted. See also: Giesbrecht v Prpick, 2025 ABCA 222 at para 15; Google at para [112]     The CPSA, in the discharge of its public interest mandate, has the right to insist that......
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