The SCC updates the law on qualified privilege and malice, holding lawyers to higher standards when making alleged defamatory statements.
In its first of two companion decisions on anti-SLAPP suit motions, the Supreme Court of Canada in Pointes Protection confirmed the test to be applied (as set out in our first blog here).
In Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23 the SCC applied that ...
The Supreme Court of Canada rules on anti-SLAPP motions and articulates a test with multiple stages, shifting burdens, differing standards of proof, and the weighing of expression in the public interest.
On September 10, 2020 the Supreme Court of Canada released two SLAPP-suit (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) decisions, providing guidance on the ...
On October 28, 2010, a panel commissioned by the Ontario Attorney General delivered its report, recommending that the province enact legislation to address so-called strategic litigation against public participation or “SLAPP” suits. The panel was chaired by Mayo Moran, the dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. According to the government’s press ...
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