Quan v Cusson Goes Before the Supreme Court of Canada
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is hearing arguments in what could prove to be a sea change in defamation law. (For more background on the case see the January...
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Cusson v Quan: The Responsible Journalism Defence?
The traditional Canadian law of defamation has, itself, developed a bad reputation. While some commentators have gone so far as to call it a “mausoleum of antiquities peculiar to the...
Public Interest Responsible Journalism and the Tort of Defamation
A quiet, but dramatic change is taking place in Canadian media law as courts across the country are beginning to shift the law of defamation in favour of freedom of...
