2018 July 27

Lee v. Ontario, 2018 ONSC 4593

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed an action in which the plaintiff made “broad allegations” of defamation, slander and libel  and sought an order requiring the removal of certain content from a website.  The Court noted that the website owner and operator who controlled its contents was not named as a defendant in the statement of claim.  Various statutory provisions  made it clear that the website operator “is a separate legal entity” from the named defendants, who were not employees of that entity.  In the circumstances, the defendants could not be liable.