My practice is a specialty barrister practice devoted to Libel and Slander, including internet defamation (cyberlibel), and Reputation Management serving primarily lawyers in private practice and In house counsel. I assist them with the initial assessment of potential claims or defences, opinions in libel law procedure and tactics, the preparation of pleadings, motions and discovery and the preparation for and attendance at Trials and Appeals. Co-author of "Canadian Libel Practice" published by Butterworths, 1985. Co-author of "Canadian Libel and Slander Actions" published by Irwin Law, 2004. Author of "Cyberlibel: Information Warfare in the 21st Century?" (2011). Over 30 years I have acted in several thousand defamation actions for municipalities, corporations, individuals, media organizations as plaintiffs and defendants throughout Canada, U.S.A. & England. Member of the Bar of Ontario 1979. Member of the Attorney General{s Advisory Committee (Ian Scott) on the law of defamation. Assisted revising the Jury Charge used by Ontario Judges in libel actions. Education: B.A. (Cape Town); LLB (Dalhousie); LLM.
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