Platnick v. Bent

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeDoherty, Brown and Huscroft
Citation2018 ONCA 687
Date30 August 2018
Docket NumberC63103

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87 practice notes
  • Hosseini v. Gharagozloo
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 21, 2023
    ...v. Day, 2019 ONCA 244 at para. 11, aff’g 2017 ONSC 5956, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 194. [26] Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687 at para. 38, aff’d 2020 SCC 23; 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Assn., 2018 ONCA 685 at paras. 55–65, aff’d 2......
  • Levant v. Stirling
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 16, 2022
    ...v. Day, 2019 ONCA 244 at para. 11, aff’g 2017 ONSC 5956, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 194. [13] Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687 at para. 38, aff’d 2020 SCC 23; 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Assn., 2018 ONCA 685 at paras. 55–65, aff’d 2......
  • Hansman v Neufeld
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 19, 2023
    ...Association, 2020 SCC 22 , [2020] 2 S.C.R. 587 ; Platnick v. Bent, 2020 SCC 23 , [2020] 2 S.C.R. 645 ; referred to: Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, 426 D.L.R. (4th) 60 ; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 , [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235 ; Lachaux v. Independent Print Ltd., [2019] UKSC 27 , [......
  • Hansman v. Neufeld
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 19, 2023
    ...Association, 2020 SCC 22 , [2020] 2 S.C.R. 587 ; Platnick v. Bent, 2020 SCC 23 , [2020] 2 S.C.R. 645 ; referred to: Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, 426 D.L.R. (4th) 60 ; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 , [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235 ; Lachaux v. Independent Print Ltd., [2019] UKSC 27 , [......
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53 cases
  • Bent v. Platnick
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 10, 2020
    ...Plaintiffs” (2013), 46 U.B.C. L. Rev. 529. APPEALS from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (Doherty, Brown and Huscroft JJ.A.), 2018 ONCA 687, 4 19 C.R.R. (2d) 61 , 417 C.R.R. (2d) 350 , 82 C.C.L.I. (5th) 191 , 23 C.P.C. (8th) 275, 426 D.L.R. (4th) 60 , [2018] O.J. No. 4445 (QL)......
  • Hosseini v. Gharagozloo
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 21, 2023
    ...v. Day, 2019 ONCA 244 at para. 11, aff’g 2017 ONSC 5956, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 194. [26] Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687 at para. 38, aff’d 2020 SCC 23; 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Assn., 2018 ONCA 685 at paras. 55–65, aff’d 2......
  • Hansman v. Neufeld
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 19, 2023
    ...Association, 2020 SCC 22 , [2020] 2 S.C.R. 587 ; Platnick v. Bent, 2020 SCC 23 , [2020] 2 S.C.R. 645 ; referred to: Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, 426 D.L.R. (4th) 60 ; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 , [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235 ; Lachaux v. Independent Print Ltd., [2019] UKSC 27 , [......
  • Levant v. Stirling
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 16, 2022
    ...v. Day, 2019 ONCA 244 at para. 11, aff’g 2017 ONSC 5956, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 194. [13] Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687 at para. 38, aff’d 2020 SCC 23; 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Assn., 2018 ONCA 685 at paras. 55–65, aff’d 2......
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14 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 24-28, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 1, 2022
    ...v. Independent Print Ltd., [2017] EWCA Civ. 1334, Brad-Jay Investments Ltd. v. Szijjarto (2006), 218 O.A.C. 315, Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, Carter-Ruck on Libel and Slander, 5th ed. (London: Butterworths, 1997), The Law of Defamation in Canada (Scarborough: Carswell, 1994) (loose-leaf......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 3 ' 6, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 24, 2023
    ...2020 ONCA 71, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Galambos v. Perez, 2009 SCC 48, Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, Park Lawn Corporation v. Kahu Capital Partners, 2023 ONCA 129, Ridel v. Cassin, 2014 ONCA 763, Britton v. Manitoba, 2011 MBCA 77, Farmers Oil a......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 24-28, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 1, 2022
    ...v. Independent Print Ltd., [2017] EWCA Civ. 1334, Brad-Jay Investments Ltd. v. Szijjarto (2006), 218 O.A.C. 315, Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, Carter-Ruck on Libel and Slander, 5th ed. (London: Butterworths, 1997), The Law of Defamation in Canada (Scarborough: Carswell, 1994) (loose-leaf......
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 29, 2023 ' June 2, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 7, 2023
    ..., 2018 ONCA 686, Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , 2021 ONCA 25, Platnick v. Bent , 2018 ONCA 687, Subway Franchise Systems of Canada Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , 2021 ONCA 26, Murano v. Bank of Montreal (1998), 41 O.R. (3d) 222 (......
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20 books & journal articles
  • The Defence of Qualified Privilege
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part V. The Merits Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...as careless behaviour in a lay person could well become reckless behaviour in a lawyer”: paras. 98-99, 103. Platnick v Bent , 2018 ONCA 687 The courts in the following cases found that qualiied privilege did not apply: • Niu v Cao , 2020 ONSC 5407 at paras 97–103 • CUPW v B’nai Brith Cana......
  • 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
    ...Pennyfeather v Timminco Limited, 2017 ONCA 369 .......................................................91–92 Platnick v Bent, 2018 ONCA 687 .................. 95, 120, 133, 152, 159, 167, 192, 196, 227, 235, 240, 252, 255, 256, 257, 258, 276, 279, 280, 288, 289, 290, 300, 363, 394–95, 402, 4......
  • Proof of Harm in Anti-SLAPP Proceedings: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VI. The Public Interest Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1704604 Ontario Ltd v Pointes Protection Association, 2018 ONCA 685, af’d 2020 SCC 22 and Platnick v Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, af’d Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23 — have stated the principles applicable to anti-SLAPP cases. As mentioned earlier, this text is designed......
  • Detailed Examination of the Factors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part VI. The Public Interest Hurdle
    • June 13, 2022
    ...summarily dismissed at an early stage, nor does it come within the language of the statute requiring such a dismissal. Platnick v Bent , 2018 ONCA 687 per Doherty JA at paras 109–10: [109] In considering the public interest in protecting Ms. Bent’s expression, the motion judge described a s......
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