February 14, 2014
Trout Point Lodge Ltd. v. Handshoe, 2014 NSSC 62
Trout Point Lodge has received another judgment and damages assessment from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court against Mississippi blogger Doug Handshoe for his continued on-line defamation of Trout Point Lodge and two of its owners.

December 3, 2013
MHR Board Game Design Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2013 ONCA 728
The ONCA upholds the lower court judgment and finds that the release signed by the Plaintiff gave the CBC sole discretion to edit the recording as it saw fit and to portray a factual, fictional or defamatory image of the appellants.

August 26, 2013
Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver v. Arthur 2013 BCSC 1542
This application arose in relation to a defamation action concerning the publication of a Report authored by Joyce Arthur on behalf of the Pro-Choice Action Network. The defendants brought the application under the BC Supreme Court ...

August 1, 2013
Roshard v. St. Dennis 2013 BCSC 1388
The defendant, Patrick St. Dennis, was a candidate for re-election on a local council, and gave an interview which was published on a website and portions of which were quoted in a newsletter. The plaintiff, ...

July 26, 2013
Northwest Organics Limited Partnership v. Maguire 2013 BCSC 1328
The defendants applied for an order dismissing the plaintiffs’ claim of defamation as a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” (SLAPP). The defendants proposed that the tests under Rules 9-5 and 9-6 (of the British Columbia Supreme ...