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...

According to the OSCE official report on defamation laws issued in 2005, 57 persons in Canada were accused of defamation, libel and insult, among which 23 were...

Modern libel and slander laws in many countries are originally descended from English defamation law. The history of defamation law in England is somewhat...

in the context of a defamation proceeding. In 2005, the Australian states and territories agreed to adopt uniform defamation laws in order to promote...

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...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization...

"Pit bull" Anti-Defamation League "German Soldier". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved February 19, 2024. "No Race Mixing". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved...

Maple Leaf Foods launched a defamation lawsuit against Canada Bread after Canada Bread accused Maple Leaf Foods of using Canada Bread as a shield to avoid...

S. state of Louisiana, and the Canadian province of Quebec). In medieval England during the Norman conquest, the law varied shire-to-shire based on disparate...

Hate speech, obscenity, and defamation are common categories of restricted speech in Canada. Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

Canadian tort law is composed of two parallel systems: a common law framework outside Québec and a civil law framework within Québec, making the law system...

the defamation of Islam while opponents argued that such a resolution was an attempt to bring to the international body the anti-defamation laws prevalent...

In United States defamation law, actual malice is a legal requirement imposed upon public officials or public figures when they file suit for libel (defamatory...

contended that the common law of defamation in Canada failed to evolve with Canadian society. Too much emphasis in the common law had been placed on the...

the ability of a public official to sue for defamation. The decision held that if a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit is a public official or candidate...

criminal law. If a deed is capable of disturbing the public peace, defamation is actionable. The article reads as follows: § 166 Defamation of religious...

your injury. [1] Defamation is tarnishing the reputation of someone; it has two varieties, slander and libel. Slander is spoken defamation and libel is printed...

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and...

persons accused of online defamation.[citation needed] In May 2010, Youthdale Treatment Centres of Toronto, Ontario filed a defamation suit against various...

the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal is not divided into appellate circuits. Canadian federal statutes must use the terminology of both the common law and...

to be untrue, is protected against action for defamation in UK law. In the United Kingdom, the Defamation Act 2013 provides a public interest defence....

The Manitoba Defamation Act, the first group libel law in Canada, allowing a member of a racial or religious group that was being defamed to sue the author...

transparency to users about data usage and uphold the rights of Canadian citizens Canadian privacy laws are continually evolving to address new challenges posed...

Canadian Bill of Rights in 1960 and its successor the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 (part of the Constitution of Canada), the laws of...

Anr 1996 (20) ACR 808. Defamation Act, 1952 (England). Ayesha (6 October 2010), The Tort of Defamation: An Analysis of the Law in India and the United...

other laws of Canada, was subject to section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects freedom of expression. Before the law's repeal...

factors in sentencing. However, in some cases such as defamation suits with a public figure as the defamed party, the public figure must prove actual malice...

defamation and breach of contract. Gottwald (Dr. Luke) has denied all of the allegations. In the legal documents filed in support of his defamation suit...

Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is, according to the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the largest and most violent white supremacist...

publisher. No defamation was ever proven. As of 1 January 2014, changes to UK defamation laws will come into force, with the Defamation Act 2013 and accompanying...