Huff v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60
| Judge | The Honourable Madam Justice Myra Bielby,The Honourable Madam Justice Jolaine Antonio,The Honourable Mr. Justice Kevin Feehan |
| Citation | 2021 ABCA 60 |
| Docket Number | 1901-0294-AC |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Alberta) |
| Date | 17 February 2021 |
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9 practice notes
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Summary of Defamation Law
...in Chapter 19, “The Defence of Fair Comment.” Some examples of this defence being raised in cyberlibel cases include: Huf v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60 Weaver v Ball, 2020 BCCA 119 Hall v Razutis, 2019 BCCA 341 Weaver v Corcoran, 2017 BCCA 160 Fair comment was also raised in the following cyb......
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Table of Cases
...136, 288 494 | Guide to the Law and Practice of anti-SLaPP ProceedinGS Huf v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60 ..................................................................................9, 200, 202, 209 Hunter v Chandler, 2010 BCSC 729 ......................................................................
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The Defence of Responsible Communication
...public interest. Since then, the defence has been relied upon frequently by individuals on social media, websites and blogs: Huf v Zuk , 2021 ABCA 60 at para 59 West Edmonton Mall Property Inc v Proctor , 2020 ABQB 161 Lu v Shen , 2020 BCSC 490 Skafco Limited v Abdalla , 2020 ONSC 1......
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Chak v Levant,
...to $75,000: See Rodrigues v Rodrigues, 2013 ABQB 718, Pinsent v Sandstrom, 2014 ABQB 269 and Huff v Zuk, 2019 ABQB 691, aff’d 2021 ABCA 60. Dr. Chak is entitled to an award of general damages in the amount of $40,000 to compensate him for the harm he suffered as a result of the......
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5 cases
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Chak v Levant,
...to $75,000: See Rodrigues v Rodrigues, 2013 ABQB 718, Pinsent v Sandstrom, 2014 ABQB 269 and Huff v Zuk, 2019 ABQB 691, aff’d 2021 ABCA 60. Dr. Chak is entitled to an award of general damages in the amount of $40,000 to compensate him for the harm he suffered as a result of the......
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Durand v Higgins,
...to communicate negative information about another to an individual or organization who has a duty to receive such reports: Huff v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60 at para 52. It protects individuals who have a social, legal, or moral duty to report otherwise defamatory information, when they communicate i......
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Carnegie v Descalchuk,
...malicious, oppressive and high-handed that it offends the Court’s sense of decency, citing Huff v Zuk, 2019 ABQB 691, aff’d 2021 ABCA 60. Restraining orders, costs awards and arrests have not sufficed to stop Mr. Descalchuk’s behaviour and he has testified that he has n......
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Bordeaux Developments Corporation v Hu,
...The defence of fair comment is also unsupported. Comments can only be fair if they are supported by facts (see, Huff v. Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60, at para 46, citing Simpson v. Mair, 2008 SCC 40 at para 28). In this case, based on the evidence before me, they were advanced with a disregard for the ......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Defaming A Professional Can Be Costly
...cases. However, case law demonstrates that where a professional is being defamed a damages award can be significant. In Huff v. Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60, the Alberta Court of Appeal was required to determine, among other things, whether a $50,000 damages award granted to the plaintiff dentist (H) ......
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Pulling Teeth And Strong Words: The Law Of Defamation In Alberta
...lie in Alberta? The Alberta Court of Appeal ("ABCA") recently discussed the tort of defamation and the defenses thereto in Huff v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60, and found that Dr. Zuk had indeed defamed Dr. Huff and could not avail himself of any of the applicable defenses. Prior to 2007, Dr. Zuk and t......
3 books & journal articles
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Summary of Defamation Law
...in Chapter 19, “The Defence of Fair Comment.” Some examples of this defence being raised in cyberlibel cases include: Huf v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60 Weaver v Ball, 2020 BCCA 119 Hall v Razutis, 2019 BCCA 341 Weaver v Corcoran, 2017 BCCA 160 Fair comment was also raised in the following cyb......
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Table of Cases
...136, 288 494 | Guide to the Law and Practice of anti-SLaPP ProceedinGS Huf v Zuk, 2021 ABCA 60 ..................................................................................9, 200, 202, 209 Hunter v Chandler, 2010 BCSC 729 ......................................................................
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The Defence of Responsible Communication
...public interest. Since then, the defence has been relied upon frequently by individuals on social media, websites and blogs: Huf v Zuk , 2021 ABCA 60 at para 59 West Edmonton Mall Property Inc v Proctor , 2020 ABQB 161 Lu v Shen , 2020 BCSC 490 Skafco Limited v Abdalla , 2020 ONSC 1......