Tag: Quan v. Cusson

Grant v. Torstar and the defence of responsible communication: implications for bloggers and users of other online media

Post author By Matthew Nied
Post date January 25, 2010
Categories In blogs and bloggers, Canadian law, defamation defences, internet defamation

In the recent decision of Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 (“Grant”) and its companion case, Quan v. Cusson, 2009 SCC 62 (“Quan”), the Supreme Court of Canada sought to strike a more appropriate balance between freedom of expression and the protection of reputation by creating the new defence of “responsible communication on matters […]