Monday, July 24, 2023Stephen A. ThieleLitigationDefamation, Torts, Remedies, Injunction

Over the past few years, we have written a lot of blogs on the law of defamation...

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Friday, January 6, 2023Stephen A. ThieleLitigationRemedies, Cyber-bullying, Removal of online posts

The use of social media to threaten, intimidate or harass someone is an obvious cause of concern in our society. Young people are particularly vulnerable to social media harassment or what has...

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Friday, December 2, 2022Stephen A. ThieleLitigationFunds, Remedies, Integrity Commissioner, Judicial Review

Municipal governments are said to have the most influence on the day-to-day lives of residents. Accordingly, city staff and elected representatives, who in Ontario run as independent...

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Thursday, October 21, 2021Stephen A. ThieleLitigationDefamation, Torts, Remedies, Contempt of Court

In the law of defamation, we only tend to think about the damages that are awarded for a person’s loss of reputation or the intellectual analysis conducted by...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021Stephen A. ThieleLitigationPolitical Law, Scope, Remedies, Municipal Code of conduct for members

In general, politicians at all levels of government in Canada are required to either adhere to a Code of Conduct or are subject to integrity legislation. These Codes or statutory provisions are designed to...

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Thursday, May 20, 2021Stephen A. ThieleLitigation, InjunctionsCOVID-19, Remedies

This past weekend, despite Ontario’s stay-at-home order, there were two major public protests in Toronto. On late Saturday afternoon (May 15th) an estimated crowd of...

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