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Month: December 2015 (Page 1 of 4)

Case Law, Canada: Warman v Fournier, Appeal dismissed, operators of website and liable for internet defamation – David Potts

Free-Dominion-Libel-1024x843The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal in Warman v. Fournier (2015 ONCA 873).  The Court upheld the judgment of Justice Robert J. Smith and a jury in which the appellants were found liable in defamation for publication of 41 statements on two websites. The jury had awarded the respondent general, aggravated and punitive damages of CDN$42,000 and had granted a permanent injunction against them. Continue reading

A family that plays together stays together: a happy holiday season for the UK’s political-media elite – Des Freedman

rupert-murdochFamilies should be together at Christmas. That’s the simple message we should take from the merry noises emanating from Rupert Murdoch’s London apartment where, on Monday night, David Cameron, George Osborne, Rebekah Brooks and a slew of top News Corp personnel joined the mogul in capping off what has been a pretty decent year for him. Continue reading

The Return of the Privacy Injunction? Some Practical Considerations – Sara Mansoori and Lorna Skinner

AnonymityThe privacy injunction is back. This seems to be the message from the courts in 2015 and is supported by anecdotal evidence from practitioners.  Lawyers are now being regularly instructed in potential privacy injunction cases, with several in play almost every weekend. While it remains the case that most of the threatened applications are resolved without court hearings there has been a clear increase in contested cases in court in 2015. Continue reading

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