Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeDouglas
Citation2020 BCSC 517
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
Docket NumberS1710845
Date02 April 2020
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12 practice notes
  • Summary of Defamation Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part I. Background and Context
    • June 13, 2022
    ..., [1995] 2 SCR 1130 THE PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM Some examples of cases involving the plaintif’s claim and cyberlibel include: • Hudson v Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 • Chase v Aninson, 2018 BCSC 856 • Nazerali v Mitchell, 2016 BCSC 810 • Grant v Torstar Corp, [2009] 3 SCR 640 DEFENCES The defence of just......
  • 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
    ...219 Hourani v Thomson & Ors (Rev 1), [2017] EWHC 432 (QB) ...................................................34 Hudson v Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 ............................................................................................. 8 Hudspeth v Whatcott, 2017 ONSC 1708 .......................
  • Pineau v. KMI Publishing and Events Ltd.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 6, 2021
    ...not published in print but the internet can be a particularly dangerous mode of publication for defamatory content. In Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517, Justice Douglas commented the speed and pervasiveness with which the internet can spread false and defamatory statements. See also Barrick G......
  • Seymour v. Nole,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 25, 2022
    ...is defamatory (the “false” or “popular” innuendo meaning). [227]     In Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 at para. 109, Justice Douglas noted that not all unkind or potentially offensive statements about a person will be [109]    G......
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10 cases
  • Pineau v. KMI Publishing and Events Ltd.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 6, 2021
    ...not published in print but the internet can be a particularly dangerous mode of publication for defamatory content. In Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517, Justice Douglas commented the speed and pervasiveness with which the internet can spread false and defamatory statements. See also Barrick G......
  • Seymour v. Nole,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 25, 2022
    ...is defamatory (the “false” or “popular” innuendo meaning). [227]     In Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 at para. 109, Justice Douglas noted that not all unkind or potentially offensive statements about a person will be [109]    G......
  • Port Alberni Shelter Society v. Literacy Alberni Society,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 20, 2021
    ...sense must be attributed to viewers. [40]        In interpreting this threshold in Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517, Madam Justice Douglas held the threshold is higher than "mere words of abuse which injure a person's feelings, insult his or her pr......
  • Canada Easy Investment Store Corporation v. MacAskill,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 9, 2022
    ...must establish on a balance of probabilities that the defendant was the author of the allegedly defamatory statements: Hudson v. Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 at paras. 128–130 [Hudson]. The plaintiff must also prove the three elements of defamation, namely: (a) that the impugned stateme......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Summary of Defamation Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part I. Background and Context
    • June 13, 2022
    ..., [1995] 2 SCR 1130 THE PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM Some examples of cases involving the plaintif’s claim and cyberlibel include: • Hudson v Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 • Chase v Aninson, 2018 BCSC 856 • Nazerali v Mitchell, 2016 BCSC 810 • Grant v Torstar Corp, [2009] 3 SCR 640 DEFENCES The defence of just......
  • 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
    ...219 Hourani v Thomson & Ors (Rev 1), [2017] EWHC 432 (QB) ...................................................34 Hudson v Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 ............................................................................................. 8 Hudspeth v Whatcott, 2017 ONSC 1708 .......................

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