A lie can travel halfway around the world while the
truth is putting on its shoes,
1 writes lawyer
Christina Wallis, borrowing a quote often attributed to Mark Twain,
in responding to a vicious campaign of defamatory online posts that
targeted Ms. Wallis and others.
Ms. Wallis is one of the many plaintiffs in the recent Ontario
Superior Court case recognizing a new tort of internet
harassment.
Caplan v. Atas,
2 a decision which was released on
January 28, 2021, describes the defendant s systematic
campaigns of malicious falsehood,
3 spanning over 15
years, and canvassing an ever-widening circle of
victims.
4 Some of the subjects of the
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The process of execution can be long and arduous, not least due
to the protracted negotiations that often take place between
borrowers and lenders to come to agreement on repayment. For this
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This importance is even more pronounced where the Covid-19
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