Magno v. Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Judge | J. E. FERGUSON J. |
Citation | 2018 ONSC 3230 |
Docket Number | CV-13-486945 |
Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
Date | 23 May 2018 |
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7 practice notes
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Summary of Defamation Law
...2006 CanLII 20852 (ON SC) Cases involving cyberlibel and this defence include: Hudson v Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230 Rutman v Rabinowitz, 2018 ONCA 80 Enverga v Balita Newspaper, 2017 ONSC 3500; Senator Tobias Enverga jr v Balita Newspaper et al, 2016 ONSC 451......
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Table of Cases
...Vancouver Kink Society, 2019 BCSC 2207 .................96, 114, 123, 126, 128, 135, 152, 192, 402, 403, 421, 474, 478 Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230 ..............................................8, 10, 46–47, 209, 211, 219, 456 Magnotta Winery Ltd v Ziraldo (1995), 25 OR (3d) 575, 1995 Can......
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The Defence of Responsible Communication
...the story was not reported by the Wilderness Committee or Mr. Biggs. See also: Huf v Zuk , 2021 ABCA 60 at para 59 Magno v Balita , 2018 ONSC 3230 at paras 53–56 In Kent v Martin, 2016 ABQB 314 the judge, after a very detailed examination of the law and the applicable evidence at paragr......
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Defamation Damages
...she might well have come to a diferent conclusion than she did. Conduct of the Defendant or Counsel for the Defendant In Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230, Ferguson J catalogued the conduct of the defendants that inlicted pain on the plaintif at paras 70–71 and 78: [70] In Enverga the court aw......
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2 cases
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Sommer v. Goldi, 2022 ONSC 3830
...2018 BCCA 104 ($400,000) [2018]; Myers v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2001), 54 OR (3d) 626 ($200,000) [2001]; Magnito v. Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230 ($300,000) [2018]. [37] In the instant case, the impugned statements were not m......
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Skafco Limited v. Abdalla, 2020 ONSC 136
...preserved. The defendants acknowledged they had no other evidence to support their defences. [40] For example, Magno v. Balito, 2018 ONSC 3230 was a case in which the defendant had failed to plead particulars of justification or truth, and there was no admissible evidence to support t......
6 books & journal articles
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Summary of Defamation Law
...2006 CanLII 20852 (ON SC) Cases involving cyberlibel and this defence include: Hudson v Myong, 2020 BCSC 517 Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230 Rutman v Rabinowitz, 2018 ONCA 80 Enverga v Balita Newspaper, 2017 ONSC 3500; Senator Tobias Enverga jr v Balita Newspaper et al, 2016 ONSC 451......
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Table of Cases
...Vancouver Kink Society, 2019 BCSC 2207 .................96, 114, 123, 126, 128, 135, 152, 192, 402, 403, 421, 474, 478 Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230 ..............................................8, 10, 46–47, 209, 211, 219, 456 Magnotta Winery Ltd v Ziraldo (1995), 25 OR (3d) 575, 1995 Can......
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The Defence of Responsible Communication
...the story was not reported by the Wilderness Committee or Mr. Biggs. See also: Huf v Zuk , 2021 ABCA 60 at para 59 Magno v Balita , 2018 ONSC 3230 at paras 53–56 In Kent v Martin, 2016 ABQB 314 the judge, after a very detailed examination of the law and the applicable evidence at paragr......
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Defamation Damages
...she might well have come to a diferent conclusion than she did. Conduct of the Defendant or Counsel for the Defendant In Magno v Balita, 2018 ONSC 3230, Ferguson J catalogued the conduct of the defendants that inlicted pain on the plaintif at paras 70–71 and 78: [70] In Enverga the court aw......
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