McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812
Judge | Matlow, Taliano and Wilton-Siegel, JJ. |
Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
Case Date | Thursday November 07, 2013 |
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Citations | 2013 ONSC 6812;[2013] O.A.C. Uned. 678 (DC);[2013] O.A.C. Uned. 678 |
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 9 March 13, 2020)
...Qualified Privilege, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Viva Voce Evidence, Baglow v. Smith, 2012 ONCA 407, McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 Caplan v. N.A. , 2020 ONCA 205 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Perfection, Extension of Time Criminal Decisions R. v. D. , 2020 ONCA 179 Keywo......
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Skafco Limited v. Abdalla, 2020 ONSC 136
...Press Publications Ltd., [1995] 3 S.C.R. 3 @ para. 62 [25] Hill v. Church of Scientology, supra @ para. 183 [26] McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (CanLii) (Div. Ct.) [27] Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.43, as am [28] See for example the recent amendments in relation to actions ......
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Greenaway v. Festeryga, 2022 ONSC 3210
...through viva voce testimony with a full evidentiary record at trial. [106] In McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (Div. Ct.), the Divisional Court upheld the motion judge’s dismissal of a summary judgment motion in a defamation action. At para. 68......
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Weisleder v. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 2020 ONCA 181
...the issue of malice on summary judgment (see Baglow v. Smith, 2012 ONCA 407, 110 O.R. (3d) 481, at paras. 31-32; McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (Div. Ct.), at para. 68), in this case there was an ample evidentiary record before the motion judge that allowed her to make the findings sh......
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Greenaway v. Festeryga, 2022 ONSC 3210
...through viva voce testimony with a full evidentiary record at trial. [106] In McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (Div. Ct.), the Divisional Court upheld the motion judge’s dismissal of a summary judgment motion in a defamation action. At para. 68......
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Weisleder v. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 2020 ONCA 181
...the issue of malice on summary judgment (see Baglow v. Smith, 2012 ONCA 407, 110 O.R. (3d) 481, at paras. 31-32; McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (Div. Ct.), at para. 68), in this case there was an ample evidentiary record before the motion judge that allowed her to make the findings sh......
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Skafco Limited v. Abdalla, 2020 ONSC 136
...Press Publications Ltd., [1995] 3 S.C.R. 3 @ para. 62 [25] Hill v. Church of Scientology, supra @ para. 183 [26] McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (CanLii) (Div. Ct.) [27] Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.43, as am [28] See for example the recent amendments in relation to actions ......
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Katznelson v Canadian Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Association,
...a copy of the complaint sent to the local dental association was covered only by qualified privilege. See also McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 (CanLII), at paras. 61 Qualified privilege is a defence applying to defamatory statements made by a person who has “an interest or duty, legal,......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 9 March 13, 2020)
...Qualified Privilege, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Viva Voce Evidence, Baglow v. Smith, 2012 ONCA 407, McDonald v. Freedman, 2013 ONSC 6812 Caplan v. N.A. , 2020 ONCA 205 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Perfection, Extension of Time Criminal Decisions R. v. D. , 2020 ONCA 179 Keywo......