SLAPP

Aerial view of Qualicum Beach. The proposed development is located at the edge of the 200-acre forest depicted at bottom right. Photo credit: Shawn /Flickr, 2007, CC BY-SA 2.0. In Todsen v. Morse, 2022 BCSC 1341, the British Columbia Supreme Court has affirmed that the Protection of Public Participation Act (PPPA) affords robust protection for […]

Supreme Court of Canada. Photo credit: Anthony Ho. SLAPP* litigation is quickly becoming a practice area in its own right. All three of Canada’s largest provinces now have anti-SLAPP laws on the books. The most recent province to join this group is British Columbia, where in 2019 the Legislature unanimously voted to reinstate an anti-SLAPP