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Alberta Gains New Tort of Harassment and Limits Defamation By Government Actors—Online and IRL

Court Unveils Four-Part Harassment Lawsuit Test A bold Alberta Court of King's Bench decision, Alberta Health Services v Johnston, 2023 ABKB 209, declined to follow Ontario appellate authority on the issue and established the...more

SLAPPed Around—Defamation, Anti-SLAPP Legislation and the Defence of Qualified Privilege

On September 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered judgment in Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, the first case interpreting the provisions under s. 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (CJA)—Ontario's "anti-SLAPP"...more

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