Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594

JurisdictionOntario
JudgePERELL, J.
Neutral Citation2021 ONSC 1594
Date03 March 2021
Citation2021 ONSC 1594
Docket NumberCV-20-00635008-0000
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
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7 practice notes
  • 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
    ...329, 430, 460, 473 Milne v Ontario Securities Commission, 2006 CanLII 12428 (ON SC) ................................10 Mizzi v Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594 .................................................................................109–10 Monir v Wood, [2018] EWHC 3525 (QB) .....................
  • Forms of Expression and Platforms of Publication
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part III. Preliminary Considerations
    • June 13, 2022
    ...Justice Perell found that the proceeding did not arise from that expression and the anti-SLAPP motion was dismissed. Mizzi v Cavanagh , 2021 ONSC 1594: [3] Mr. Franklin, who appeared on a Global News Toronto TV broadcast about investors who had lost millions in investing with the Paramount ......
  • Sakab Saudi Holding Company v Al Jabri,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 10, 2025
    ...to solicitor/client privilege. Those comments sometimes appear in obiter where the issue is waiver: e.g., Dublin; Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594; BMO v. Iskenderov, 2019 ONSC 3567; CanBook v. Borins, 1999 CanLII 14842 (ON 52 There is also non-appellate authority that is contrary to the a......
  • 2024 BCSC 570,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2024
    ...in seeing if the issues in the Counterclaim can be narrowed. 92 DWR relies heavily on the decision of Perell J. in Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594 [ Mizzi] both on the merits and to argue that the dissemination “aspects” of its Counterclaim ought to be assimilated to what they characteriz......
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5 cases
  • Sakab Saudi Holding Company v Al Jabri,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 10, 2025
    ...to solicitor/client privilege. Those comments sometimes appear in obiter where the issue is waiver: e.g., Dublin; Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594; BMO v. Iskenderov, 2019 ONSC 3567; CanBook v. Borins, 1999 CanLII 14842 (ON 52 There is also non-appellate authority that is contrary to the a......
  • 2024 BCSC 570,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2024
    ...in seeing if the issues in the Counterclaim can be narrowed. 92 DWR relies heavily on the decision of Perell J. in Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594 [ Mizzi] both on the merits and to argue that the dissemination “aspects” of its Counterclaim ought to be assimilated to what they characteriz......
  • Reynolds v Deep Water Recovery Ltd,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 8, 2024
    ...in seeing if the issues in the Counterclaim can be narrowed. 92 DWR relies heavily on the decision of Perell J. in Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594 [ Mizzi] both on the merits and to argue that the dissemination “aspects” of its Counterclaim ought to be assimilated to what they characteriz......
  • Pine Glen v Rolling Meadows,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 11, 2024
    ...to intimidate (see: Sprung Instant Structure Ltd. v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2008 ABQB 30, at para. 33). 71 Perell J. in Mizzi v. Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594 (‘ Mizzi’) at para. 86 held that the tort of intimidation: …is committed when the defendant threatens to commit an unlawful act and in so ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • 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
    ...329, 430, 460, 473 Milne v Ontario Securities Commission, 2006 CanLII 12428 (ON SC) ................................10 Mizzi v Cavanagh, 2021 ONSC 1594 .................................................................................109–10 Monir v Wood, [2018] EWHC 3525 (QB) .....................
  • Forms of Expression and Platforms of Publication
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part III. Preliminary Considerations
    • June 13, 2022
    ...Justice Perell found that the proceeding did not arise from that expression and the anti-SLAPP motion was dismissed. Mizzi v Cavanagh , 2021 ONSC 1594: [3] Mr. Franklin, who appeared on a Global News Toronto TV broadcast about investors who had lost millions in investing with the Paramount ......