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	<title>The Litigator - Affleck Greene McMurtry, LLP &#187; Defamation</title>
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		<title>Supreme Court of Canada sets the rules on when Canadian courts have jurisdiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth A. Dekker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, Canada&#39;s Supreme Court released a trilogy of long-awaited decisions in which it set universal rules on when courts across Canada can properly take jurisdiction over claims against foreign defendants. The first two cases, Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda et al. and Club Resorts Ltd. v. Charron et al., related to claims brought&#160;<a href="http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/supreme-court-of-canada-sets-the-rules-on-when-canadian-courts-have-jurisdiction/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to Dental College body protected by absolute privilege</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has made it clear that professionals who are the subject to defamatory statements made during disciplinary proceedings that merely repeat allegations made in the initial complaint cannot sue the maker of such statements – no matter how false and egregious the statements might be and no matter how malicious their intent.]]></description>
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		<title>Does world wide web mean world-wide liability for cyber libel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>W. Michael G. Osborne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a series of recent decisions, courts in Canada and the Commonwealth have adapted the traditional rules for defamation and jurisdiction to defamation on the internet, and will take jurisdiction if the defamatory materials were downloaded to any significant extent within the jurisdiction, provided that the plaintiff has a sufficient connection with the jurisdiction. As a result, foreign publications with online readers in Canada can be liable in Canada for defaming someone in Canada.]]></description>
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