Canadian Libel and Slander Actions is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to litigating a libel or slander action from the initial meeting with the client to the jury charge. It surveys more than 500 leading cases in Canada and elsewhere, providing expert insight into judicial interpretation of concepts such as express malice, fair comment, qualified and absolute privilege, justification and consent. It includes separate chapters on pleadings, discovery, evidence, damages, appeals, and Charter issues.
The book is written by two of Canada's most experienced and respected practitioners of defamation and media-related law. It is destined to be a classic in the field.

Roger D. McConchie is a civil litigator in Vancouver with a practice focused on defamation, privacy, media, trade libel, and Internet law. He has advised and represented domestic and international clients at all levels of the court system for more than 25 years. He has written extensively and spoken frequently on the subjects of libel and slander to academic, journalism, and professional audiences, and his comments about legal developments are often reported in the news media.

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David A. Potts received his BA from Cape Town University, his LLB from Dalhousie and his LLM from Osgoode Law School. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1979. Since then, he has specialized in libel and slander law and in reputation management for a diverse range of clients. He has served on the Ontario Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on the law of defamation, and is a sought-after speaker and writer (CBC, Forbes, USA Today, the Canadian and International Bar Associations, The Law Society of Upper Canada, and many others). He is co-author of Canadian Libel and Slander Actions (Irwin Law, 2004) with Roger McConchie and Canadian Libel Practice (Butterworths, 1985) with Julian Porter, as well as being a contributor to Cyberlibel in Electronic Commerce — A Practitioner’s Guide (Carswell, 2002)

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"This is now the best book on libel in the market. It is better than the English texts and a wonderful aid to counsel at trial or to a solicitor giving an opinion on libel. It is completely up-to-date and is a sheer pleasure and undiluted delight to read. It is better than a great mystery."

Julian Porter, Q.C.

"On many subject areas this new text is, quite simply, the best published treatment of Canadian defamation law. This is true of such key subjects as parties, apology, express malice, pleading, particulars, evidence at trial and jury trial. ...This book attains reliable scholarship on some pretty tricky subjects. It deserves to be consulted first."

David Sutherland