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Torts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) - 2020 SCC Cases

In September 2020 the Supreme Court of Canada released two Ontario SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Pubic Participation) cases: 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, and concurrently Bent v. Platnick. All prior issued cases need to be considered in the light of these.

Pointes Protection - General
Pointes Protection - Public Interest Threshold
Pointes Protection - Merits Exception
Pointes Protection - Harm-Expression Balancing Exception

Bent v Platnick

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