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2 Nov

75-day house arrest ordered for contempt in a defamation case

Wednesday, November 2, 2022Stephen A. ThieleLitigationTorts, Contempt of Court, Defamation

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In a previous blog dated June 30, 2022, my colleague James Cook wrote about the award granted to a university instructor who was defamed on Twitter by ...

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8 Jul

Civil contempt finding against litigant for breaching receivership order

Friday, July 8, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationContempt of Court

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Ontario courts maintain the inherent right to control their own processes and to sanction litigants who fail to abide by court orders. While a finding of contempt is...

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21 Oct

Defamer gets 18 month jail sentence for contempt of court

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

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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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