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Canadian defamation law refers to defamation law as it stands in both common law and civil law jurisdictions in Canada. As with most Commonwealth jurisdictions, Canada follows English law on defamation issues (except in the province of Quebec where private law is derived from French civil law).
Grant v Torstar Corp, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 640, 2009 SCC 61, is a 2009 Supreme Court of Canada decision on the defences to the tort of defamation. The Supreme Court ruled that the law of defamation should give way to the rights of a party to speak on matters of public interest, provided the party exercises a certain level of responsibility in verifying the potentially defamatory facts.
Astley v Verdun, 2011 ONSC 3651, is a leading defamation decision released by Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The case was publicized for the amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff , and the permanent injunction ordered against the defendant .
[11]: 91 Defamation is a tort that gives a person the right to recover damages for injury due to publication of words that were intended to lower a person's character. [12]: 51 The law encourages the media to publish with caution, to avoid any forms of libel and to respect a person's freedom of expression.
Pages in category "Canadian defamation case law" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It was successful in Ontario’s Superior Court, [28] but that decision was overturned by the province’s Court of Appeal. [27] The Supreme Court did not grant leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision, [29] clearing the way for the defamation lawsuit to go to trial. In 2021, the matter was settled out of court with B’nai Brith ...
As is the case for most Commonwealth jurisdictions, Canada follows English law on defamation issues (except in Quebec where the private law is derived from French civil law). In common law provinces and territories, defamation covers any communication that tends to lower the esteem of the subject in the minds of ordinary members of the public ...
Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law.Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) from July 2002 until March 2004. He is best known as the primary instigator of actions related to Internet content under Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act against people including white supremacists and neo-Nazis.