Defamation

Fasken Martineau brings specialized defamation skills and unsurpassed civil litigation experience to its defamation practice.  We regularly act as litigation or advisory counsel in libel matters arising from newspapers, broadcast media, the Internet, and commercial contexts.  In addition to representing a wide range of individual and corporate plaintiffs in defamation matters, we regularly provide counsel and advice to major media and business reporting concerns, and to individual defendants.  Fasken Martineau provides comprehensive defamation assistance including pre-publication reviews, opinions, alternative dispute resolution, and trial and appellate litigation.

Selected Experience

• Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris cleared of responsibility for death at Ipperwash
• Grant v. Torstar Corporation, 2007 CanLII 13705 (ON S.C.)

News

• David Wotherspoon is mentioned in articles published by the Vancouver Sun and the Telegraph Journal regarding the legal options concerning defamatory comments posted online
• 79 Fasken Martineau lawyers listed in Lexpert's 2011 Canadian Legal Directory

Publications

• Libel, 2nd Edition By: Peter A. Downard, September 2010.
• Grant V. Torstar: The Right To Be (Responsible And) Wrong By: Keri A. Gammon, David Wotherspoon, Christian Leblanc, March 2010.

Events

• Access to Justice - Concrete effects on practicing Law, June 4, 2011.
• Using technology in every day practice, June 3, 2011.