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this context, is established by showing the defendant spoke dishonestly, or in knowing or reckless disregard for the truth.) Qualified privilege may also be defeated when the limits of the duty or interest have been exceeded. The fact that an occasion is privileged does not necessarily protect all that is said or written on that occasion. The information communicated must be reasonably appropriate in the context of the circumstances existing on the occasion when that information was given.
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Ontario. He had given advice to the Ontario Provincial Police ("OPP") regarding a warrant obtained on March 1, 1983, which authorized a searched warrant on March 3 and 4, 1983, approximately 250,000 documents, comprising over 2 million pages of material, were seized. These documents were stored in some 900 boxes at an OPP building in Toronto.
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attaches to the occasion upon which the communication is made, and not to the communication itself. The legal effect of the defence of qualified privilege is to rebut the inference, which normally arises from the publication of defamatory words, that they were spoken with malice. Where the occasion
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As in all actions for libel, the factual background is extremely important and must be set out in some detail. At the time the defamatory statement were made, Casey Hill was employed as counsel with the Crown Law Office, Criminal Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General for the Province of
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of the defendant is presumed and the defendant is free to publish, with impunity, remarks which may be defamatory and untrue about the plaintiff. The privilege is not absolute, however, and can be defeated if the dominant motive for publishing the statement is actual or express malice. (Malice, in
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The Church of Scientology 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 need to protect the reputation of plaintiffs at the expense of freedom of expression. This, they argued, was an
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First, however, in order to dispel any possible confusion regarding the applicability of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the common law, I note that this issue can be easily summarized in the following two principles, both of which were first articulated by McIntyre J. in
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In two opinions (a majority opinion written by Cory J. per La Forest, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ., and a concurrence in result by L'Heureux-Dubé J.), the Court rejected those arguments while continuing to apply
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At the contempt proceeding where the appellants were seeking a fine or imprisonment against the defendant, the allegations against Hill were found to be completely untrue and without foundation. Thus Hill launched a lawsuit for
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300,000. Scientology alone was liable for aggravated damages of C$ 500,000 and punitive damages of $ 800,000, making Scientology's total liability C$ 1,600,000. It was not until 2008 that this record was broken.
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Even though the Charter does not directly apply to the common law absent government action, the common law must nonetheless be developed in accordance with Charter values. (To the same effect, see
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The jury award that was upheld in this appeal was the largest libel award in Canadian history. Barrister Manning and the Church of Scientology were found jointly liable for general damages of
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300,000 and Scientology alone was liable for aggravated damages of C$ 500,000 and punitive damages of C$ 800,000. The judgment was affirmed in a 1993 decision by the
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The Supreme Court upholds the Ontario Court of Appeal decision and the underlying jury award of general, aggravated and punitive damages.
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In refusing to change Canadian law and bringing it more into line with "actual malice" standard applied in the US law (following the
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In L'Heureux-Dubé's concurring reasons, her analysis of the Charter issue applying to common law is succinctly stated: (at ¶ 206):
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unwarranted restriction imposed in a manner that cannot be justified in "a free and democratic society" that could survive a
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In other words, the basic rule is that absent government action, the Charter applies only indirectly to the common law.
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On 17 September 1984, Morris Manning, a lawyer working for the Church, and representatives of the Church of
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Charter does not protect individuals from tort of defamation. The tort must be in line with Charter values.
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The Charter does not directly apply to the common law unless it is the basis of some governmental action.
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challenge. The appellants added that if the element of government action was insufficient to attract
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New Era Publications International ApS v. Carol Publishing Group and Jonathan Caven-Atack
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against the appellants. Both appellants were found jointly liable for general damages of
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Cory J. (paras. 1-204), joined by La Forest, Gonthier, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.
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scrutiny, the principles of the common law ought to be interpreted, even in a purely
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Lamer C.J. and Sopinka J. took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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held a press conference on the courthouse steps in Toronto. Manning, wearing his
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Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc.
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Morris Manning and the Church of Scientology of Toronto v. S. Casey Hill
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Néron Communication Marketing Inc. v. Chambre des notaires du Québec
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The Charter, interpreting the common law and freedom of expression
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Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto (1995) 2.S.C.R 1130
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Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto (1995) 2.S.C.R 1130
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A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
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Church of Scientology Intl. v. Time Warner, Inc., et al.
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and whether the jury's award of damages could stand.
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Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
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Court of Appeal for Ontario
Antonio Lamer
GĂ©rard La Forest
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
John Sopinka
Charles Gonthier
Peter Cory
Beverley McLachlin
Frank Iacobucci
John C. Major
2 S.C.R. 1130
libel
Church of Scientology
Supreme Court of Canada
Ontario
libel
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Supreme Court of Canada
actual malice
United States Supreme Court case
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Scientology
barrister
Crown counsel
R v Church of Scientology of Toronto
damages
libel

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