Defamation

Anti-SLAPP


Simán v. Eisenbrandt, 2024 BCCA 176
This appeal concerns the application of the BC PPPA to a defamation action. In the first action the SLAPP suit dismissed, and in the BCCA the appeal was dismissed. The facts of this case relate ...

Defamation


Evangelisti v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2024 ONSC 2048
Mr. Evangelisti commenced an application in the Superior Court of Justice seeking an interim, interlocutory, and permanent injunction to prevent the CBC from publishing “any news to the general public” regarding the applicants and damages ...

Defamation


Muzik v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation et al 2023 MBCA 95
A defamation claim was commenced by a former financial advisor who had been the subject of many complaints brought before regulatory bodies. The trial judge found CBC liable in defamation and awarded damages in the ...

Anti-SLAPP


Hansman v. Neufeld, 2023 SCC 14
"The chambers judge did not err in concluding that the public interest weighing exercise mandated dismissal of the underlying action or that N failed to adequately challenge the validity of H’s fair comment defence. Accordingly, his order dismissing the defamation action should be restored."

Defamation


A.B. c. Google, 2023 QCCS 1167
The Court ultimately holds Google liable in defamation and awards the sum of $500,000 in moral damages to the plaintiff.