Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Warman, The Fourniers, And On-Line Privacy

A good piece from the Law Times. Although it ranges fairly widely over the on-line anonymity issue, the sentiment in regards to Warman vs. FreeD seems to be:

In Warman, however, Young says the legal issues were clearer. In that case, the issues came largely down to the question of privacy versus the rules of civil procedure. “[Disclosure] is obliged by the rules of civil procedure. In my view that’s what Warman says governs. They make clear that the rules of civil procedure basically trump everything else.”

1 comment:

Robert G. Harvie, Q.C. said...

The decision in Warman (regarding disclosure) was right on, and the explanation of the decision is also bang-on.

The question, however, isn't one of disclosure, more broadly, it's how careful do we need to be regarding criticism of a public figure.