Year: 2018
December 13, 2018
Ayangma v Saltwire 2018 PESC 48
In this ruling, from the PESC, the defendants were granted summary judgment, on the grounds that the plaintiff's claim was outside the limitation period.
December 4, 2018
Magyar Jeti Zrt v Hungary 2018 ECHR
In this ruling on a hyperlinks issue, the ECHR relies heavily on the Crookes decision.
November 30, 2018
R v Vice Media Canada Inc 2018 SCC 53
The SCC unanimously upheld an order for a journalist to give police copies of conversations with a person who said he belonged to a terrorist group.
November 30, 2018
Pan v Gao 2018 BCSC 2137
The Court awarded nominal damages of $1 to an otherwise successful plaintiff businessman whose credibility, candour, and document production were found to be inadequate.
November 27, 2018
Wilson v Canwest Publishing Inc – Publications Canwest Inc 2018 BCCA 441
The BCCA overturned the lower court judgment in this defamation case and held that responsible communication prevailed.