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Thunder Bay Police Officer’s Defamation Claim against Law Student Dismissed (Gibson v. Cunningham)
Monday, September 29, 2025James R.G. CookLitigationDefamation, Claim, Dismissed
A defamation claim against a law student brought by a Thunder Bay police officer was dismissed under Ontario’s “anti-SLAPP” legislation: Gibson v. Cunningham, 2025 ONSC 5504 [not yet on CanLII]...
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Disbarred lawyer’s claim against bank dismissed (Murray v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank)
Monday, September 8, 2025James R.G. CookLitigationClaim, Dismissed
Claims for negligence or breach of contract against a bank generally require that a plaintiff establish a clear unbroken link between the bank’s alleged error and any loss or damage suffered by the plaintiff as a result...
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Claim for ineffective assistance of counsel dismissed as a collateral attack (Mann v. Royle)
Friday, March 28, 2025James R.G. CookLitigationClaim, Dismissed
In some cases, the doctrines of collateral attack and abuse of process may be invoked to strike a claim where a plaintiff has failed to pursue remedies, such as an appeal, which were available in earlier proceedings...
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Defamation action against employee who spoke out about workplace racism dismissed (Williams v. Vac Developments Ltd.)
Thursday, October 12, 2023Isabel YooLitigationTorts, Defamation, SLAPP Motion, Dismissed
Our past blogs have discussed anti-SLAPP motions at length. This post explores yet another decision on an...
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Court of Appeal upholds dismissal of anti-SLAPP motion in trucking protest case (2110120 Ontario Inc. v. Buttar)
Friday, August 18, 2023Stephen A. ThieleLitigationTorts, Defamation, SLAPP Motion, Dismissed
Last April, I wrote a blog about a motion judge’s decision to dismiss an anti-SLAPP motion in a trucking protest case on the grounds that the dispute between the parties...
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