Developments in Internet Law: Defamation and HyperlinksGregory B. Bordan,François Fontaine,Sally A. Gomery,Éric Hardy,Randy C. Sutton, November 4, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada has advanced both defamation law and Internet law in its recent decision in Crookes v Newton, released on October 19, 2011. The court, by a majority of six judges, held that a person cannot defame someone merely by publishing a hyperlink to a third party's website or...