Dans l’affaire Caplan v. Atas (l’« affaire Caplan »), le juge Corbett de la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario (la « Cour ») a accueilli les requêtes pour jugement sommaire et jugement par défaut des demandeurs après en...more
In Caplan v. Atas (Caplan), Justice Corbett of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) granted the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment and default judgment, concluding that the defendant carried out egregious...more
Four months after the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled on the test for Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) has released two companion decisions overturning a motion judge’s pre-SCC rulings,...more
Le 10 septembre 2020, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu ses décisions tant attendues dans les affaires connexes 1704604 Ontario Ltd. c. Pointes Protection Association (l’« arrêt Pointes ») et Bent c. Platnick...more
On September 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released long-awaited decisions interpreting and applying Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation, in the companion cases of 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection...more
In a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, Justice E.M. Morgan used Ontario’s new “anti-SLAPP” laws to dismiss a defamation action against The Globe and Mail (Globe). In doing so, however, Justice Morgan raised...more
On July 7, 2017, in John v. Ballingall, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Court) confirmed that an online newspaper is a “newspaper” within the meaning of the Ontario Libel and Slander Act (LSA), attracting the same libel...more