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• Case Report – Alberta Court of Appeal case discusses qualified privilege and threat reports

  
  All About Information — Authority: 116
  Chohan v. Cadsky was decided by the Alberta Court of Appeal on October 16th. The court found that three individuals acted within the scope of a qualified privilege in reporting expressions of concern about a colleague’s mental health and were therefore not liable for defaming the colleague. The Court summarized its ...
  1 day ago

• Take Action: Libel Law Consultation on Multiple Publication Rule

  
  The Wardman Wire — Authority: 542
  Following on from my earlier post about English Defamation Law, Paul Bradshaw (who blogs mainly about the future of Journalism) highlights an important opportunity to start the process of reforming our Defamation Laws. The "Multiple Publication" rule says, among other things, that if you publish an article ...
  6 days ago

• A crash-course in Australian Constitutional Freedoms

  
  .urbandissent — Authority: 109
  So many exchanges in the past have involved someone telling me I should shut up and be thankful for the freedoms provided in this country that I think it’s time to take a quick look at the basics to see just how thankful I should be. There is no right to basic human equality Human Rights were deliberately left ...
  3 weeks ago

• Trafigura, Carter-f*cked. Good.

  
  The Wardman Wire — Authority: 542
  The Guardian has been un-injuncted from reporting on the Trafigura case . ((Perhaps slightly updated) cartoon from Matt Buck via Prodicus .) There are some things that deserve outright, dripping, contempt - attempts by anyone to suppress reporting of Parliamentary proceedings is one of them. Up with ...
  4 weeks ago

• Reputation Management Law is the Next Big Thing

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 434
  Tony Wilson, of Boughton in Vancouver, wrote in this week’s issue of Lawyer’s Weekly , Reputation matters… But it’s not just companies and trade-mark owners who have reputations to protect. We all do, and these days, much of our personal reputation is on the web for all the world to see. Like many ...
  4 weeks ago

• Doctors Fight Back Against Reputations on RateMD

  
  Slaw — Authority: 600
  Tony Wilson, of Boughton in Vancouver, wrote in this week’s issue of Lawyer’s Weekly , Reputation matters… But it’s not just companies and trade-mark owners who have reputations to protect. We all do, and these days, much of our personal reputation is on the web for all the world to see. Like many ...
  4 weeks ago

• Defamation Law - Hyperlinks and Publication

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 126
  An important case was released today by the BC Court of Appeal ( Crookes v. Newton ) dealing with defamation law.  When a Defendant is sued for defamation it must be proven that defamatory material was “published”.  Today’s case was the first from a Canadian Appellate Court which dealt with the issue of ...
  8 weeks ago

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