Anti-SLAPP Litigation: Ontario Court of Appeal Applies Recent SCC Decisions
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21
Four months after the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled on the test for Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) has released two companion decisions overturning a motion judge’s pre-SCC rulings, and shedding light on how the SCC’s guidance in 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association (Pointes) and Platnick v. Bent (Bent) has refined the anti-SLAPP analysis....
By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP