Is it unfair to deprive him of a trial before the community in which he is a plaintiff in a defamation action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Black v. Breeden, 2010 ONCA 547 (CanLII):
However, because Black's claims relate to statements published in Ontario and his suits are limited to damages to his reputation in Ontario, I agree that it would be unfair to deprive him of a trial before the community in which his reputation has been damaged. Members of the community in which the reputation is harmed are in the best position to assess damages for defamation: see Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, [1995] S.C.J. No. 64, at pp. 1196-97 S.C.R.
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