Index

• Author: David A. Potts; Erin Stoik
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Index

Alberta, contempt of court defamation

cases, 59

Allegations, serious

damages, 249–50

Hamlin v Kavanagh, 249–50

individual characters, serious aspersions

upon, 249

Labourers’ International Union of North

America, Local 183 v Castellano, 249

Lascaris v B’nai Brith Canada, 248–49

malice, 249

Miceli v Swinton, 250

publication, mode and extent of, 249

reputational harm, inferred, 248–49

terrorism, accusation of, 248–49

unlawful and unauthorized contact,

249–50

Anti-SLAPP actions (dismissed)

Schwartz & Red Lake Outf‌itters v Collette,

282

spectrum analysis, section 137.1 cases,

282

Supreme Court of Canada, 282

Anti-SLAPP actions (proceeded to trial).

See also Anti-SLAPP motion, com-

mencement of (s 137.2(1)); Anti-SLAPP

proceedings

Air Georgian Limited v Eugeni, 281

Bent v Platnick, 279–80, 280–82

Bondf‌ield Construction Company Limited

v The Globe and Mail Inc, 283

British Columbia, 283

deterrence, 279–80

diverse reasons, 283–86

Ferreira v Da Costa, 285

Hamlin v Kavanagh, 285–86

Labourers’ International Union of North

America, Local 183 v Castellano,

284–85

Lascaris v B’nai Brith Canada, 284

Levant v Day, 284

Montour v Beacon Publishing Inc, 283

Nanda v McEwan, 283

Neufeld v Hansman (BC), 282

Ontario Court of Appeal, 279–80

Ontario Superior Court, 285

Platnick v Bent, 279–80

public interest and expressions, 279–80,

283–86

section 137.1, 279–82, 283, 286

size of claim, 280–81

spectrum analysis, section 137.1 cases,

281–82

Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc

v Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-

tion, 280

Supreme Court of Canada, 279–80,

281–82

Anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel (Ontario),

70–75, 79–80, 193–96, 306. See also

Anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel: Report to

the Attorney General

502 | Guide to the Law and Practice of anti-SLaPP ProceedinGS

Anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel: Report to the

Attorney General

costs, motion to dismiss is denied, 326–27

Courts of Justice Act, section 131.7(8),

326–27

damages awarded, 340–41

f‌inancial loss, no evidence of, 247

Ontario Ltd v Pointes Protection Associ-

ation, 79–80, 247

publication, 70–75

qualif‌ied privilege, 193–94

Anti-SLAPP legislation. See also Anti-

SLAPP Advisory Panel (Ontario); Anti-

SLAPP proceedings; Courts of Justice

Act; Ontario Ltd v Pointes Protection

Association; Judicial screening (anti-

SLAPP motions); Protection of Public

Participation Act

Anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel: Report to

the Attorney General (APR). See

anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel: Report

to the Attorney General

background, 70–75

Bent v Platnick, 77–78

burden, shifting to plaintif‌f, 141–42

freedom of expression, 76–78, 80, 83, 94

grounds to believe, 142–44

“judge,” def‌inition in CJA, 101–2

judicial interpretation, 80–81, 93, 145–46

Labourers’ International Union of North

America, Local 183 v Cast, 97

Lascaris v B’nai Brith Canada, 96–97

legislation, statutory interpretation of,

80–82

Legislative Assembly of Ontario debates,

81–82

merits of claim, 78, 82, 83, 87, 94, 142

no dismissal, 141

Ontario Ltd v Pointes Protection Associ-

ation, 69–77, 78, 79, 94–96

process, summary of, 76, 83

Protection of Public Participation Act, 71,

78, 80–81, 93

public interest, 69–71, 73–76, 80, 82, 83,

94–95

reputation, protection of, 77–78

section 137.1. See Courts of Justice Act,

Section 137.1 (general)

statutory timelines, 97

strategic lawsuits, 81, 82

substantive law of breach of contract, 94

substantive law of libel, 94–95

summary judgment motion, 97

“substantial merit,” meaning of, 144–45

Anti-SLAPP motion, commencement of (s

137.2(1)). See also Anti-SLAPP actions

(proceeded to trial; Anti-SLAPP

actions (dismisses); Anti-SLAPP pro-

ceedings; Apologies and retractions,

anti-SLAPP motions; Judicial screening

(anti-SLAPP motions)

Able Translations Ltd v Express Inter-

national Translations Inc, 400

British Columbia cases, 402, 403

caselaw, 398–41

Duncan v Buckles, 406

evidence without statement of defence,

introducing, 400

Hamlin v Kavanagh, 404–5

judicial screening or triage, 399, 410

Labourers’ International Union of North

America, Local 183 v Castellano,

407–10

legislation, 398

Levant v Day, 404–5, 406

limitation periods, 399, 400–1, 403

McCarthy-Oppedisano v Muter, 403

Montour v Beacon Publishing Inc, 411

Ontario cases, 401–3

Ontario College of Teachers v Bouragba,

404

Ontario Court of Appeal, 399, 404, 406,

408–9

Ontario Ltd v Pointes Protection Associ-

ation, 398–99, 406, 408–11

Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 400–1,

404

Rules of Civil Procedure, 407

Subway Franchise Systems v Canadian

Broadcasting Corp, 410–11