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Motions to intervene in anti-SLAPP proceedings dismissed to prevent unnecessary expansion of the preliminary screening process.
The plaintiff, former Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, brought defamation actions against the defendants over allegations of antisemitism.
The defendants brought anti-SLAPP motions to dismiss the actions.
Two organizations, Independent Jewish Voices Canada and the National Council of Canadian Muslims, brought motions to intervene in the anti-SLAPP motions to provide perspective on the meaning of antisemitism.
The court dismissed the motions to intervene, finding that anti-SLAPP motions are intended to be expeditious, preliminary screening mechanisms, and that adding interveners would unnecessarily expand the evidentiary record and scope of the private dispute.
The court also ordered that the defendants, as moving parties, would present their arguments first at the anti-SLAPP hearing.
Motion granted decision
The defendant brought a motion for an order requiring the plaintiff to provide greater particulars in response to his demand for particulars in a sexual assault claim.
The plaintiff alleged that she was sexually abused by the defendant between 1993 and 1997/8 when both were minors.
The defendant sought specific dates, locations, and details of each incident.
The court dismissed the motion, finding that the plaintiff had provided sufficient particulars in her statement of claim to enable the defendant to understand the case he had to meet, that the defendant had already pleaded a defence, and that further details were appropriately left for examination for discovery.
