Libel Lawsuit: Defamation Law

defamation law: York served a libel notice the first step in launching a libel lawsuit to the publisher of the magazine and the author of the article, award-winning journalist Katherine Laidlaw late last month, according to The Star. I d say its pretty troubling because its a large, essentially public body. The courts have held that governments like municipalities cant sue for defamation, and I think there is a real question whether a university as a large public institution should be doing that, says Paul Schabas, an expert in defamation law and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto who also represents the Toronto Star. There is concern about whether its proper for them to try and muzzle criticism in this way and In an extremely rare move, York University is pursuing libel action against Toronto Life after the magazine ran an article in its October issue characterizing Yorks campus as a hunting ground for sexual predators. The unusual action has defamation law experts questioning whether as public institutions, universities are allowed, or should be allowed to sue for libel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.