Alternative Dispute Resolution – A Virtual Shift?
Dr. Nadine Lederer
Hogan Lovells, Munich
GermanySaturday, 14 September – 11:00 am
Room V 005, Faculty of Law – Professor-Huber-Platz 2, 80539 MunichWeaponizing the internet: From “fake news” to “libel tourism” in international civil litigation
Prof. Nikitas Hatzimihail / Prof. Arnaud Nuyts
University of Cyprus / Université Libre de Bruxelles
Cyprus / BelgiumFriday, 13 September – 11:00 am
Room W 101 / video transmission to Room W 201
Faculty of Law – Professor-Huber-Platz 2, 80539 MunichThe Law Applicable to Online Defamation
Dr. Marko Jovanovic
University of Belgrade
SerbiaThursday, 12 September – 4:00 pm
Room V U107, Faculty of Law – Professor-Huber-Platz 2, 80539 MunichStoppage Time:
Staying Proceedings after Haaretz.com v GoldharProf. Stephen G.A. Pitel
Western University, Ontario
CanadaSaturday, 14 September – 9:00 am
Room W 201, Faculty of Law – Professor-Huber-Platz 2, 80539 Munich–
In Haaretz.com v Goldhar, 2018 SCC 28 the Supreme Court of Canada reversed two lower courts and held that the plaintiff’s libel proceedings in Ontario should be stayed because Israel was the clearly more appropriate forum. The case concerned defamation over the internet. The plaintiff, a resident of Ontario, alleged that an Israeli newspaper defamed him. Most readers of the story were in Israel but there were over 200 readers in Ontario. The decision offers several interesting observations about the discretionary staying of proceedings.