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- Canadian Court Asserts Jurisdiction in Defamation Lawsuit Against Twitter
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, dismissing an application to decline jurisdiction of a defamation lawsuit against twitter. In today’s case (Giustra v. Twitter, Inc.) the Plaintiff brought a lawsuit against Twitter claiming damages and an injunc … Read more »
- CRT Moves Ahead With “Minor Injury” Determination Despite Ongoing Indivisible Injury Litigation in BC Supreme Court
Reasons for judgement were published recently by BC’s Civil Resolution Tribunal declining to refuse to determine a minor injury determination dispute despite the party having previous injuries from previous crashes with ongoing litigation in the BC Supreme Court. In the recent case (Godwin v. Bui) t … Read more »
- Court Declines to Award Plaintiff Double Costs Where Adverse Liability Finding was a “Live Possibility”
Often times when a plaintiff is awarded damages beyond their formal settlement offer the BC Supreme Court awards double costs. Such an outcome is discretionary and not automatic and occasionally double costs are declined. Reasons for judgment were published this week by the BC Supreme Court, Chill … Read more »
- $200,000 Non Pecuniary Damage Assessment for Chronic Disabling PTSD
Reasons for judgement were published this week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, assessing damages for chronic and disabling injuries following a fatal motor vehicle collision. In this week’s case (Kempton v. Struke Estate) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2015 collision. He was operating … Read more »
- Congratulations Clawbies2020 Winners and Thank you For the Hall of Fame!
The Canadian Law Blog Awards, which started as a quasi legal marketing blogging tool, have taken on a life of their own and have become a well recognized badge for many contributors in the Canadian legal field for their on line efforts in providing helpful content to the public. With the awards hand … Read more »