November 15, 2016
Sergakis c Peter McQueen 15 November 2016 Cour superieure du Quebec

The judgment reaffirms the crucial importance of municipal councillors’ freedom of expression and the Court’s duty to act urgently when faced with a SLAPP. It is also one of the few judgments rendered in Quebec in which an action in defamation is dismissed at a preliminary stage based on the fact that it is a SLAPP.