Hearing at the Supreme Court of Canada: Haaretz.com et al v Mitchell Goldhar

Proper attire is required at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Following the trial, we will host a discussion with CLTS faculty members, lawyers, and the CIPPIC team that will be intervening at the SCC. The specific details regarding the discussion will be communicated to participants.

Speakers: Jeremy de Beer, Marina Pavlovic, David Fewer, CIPPIC lawyers as well as lawyers for the parties, including Paul Schabas, Treasurer for the Law Society of Upper Canada.

The applicant Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, published an article criticizing the management style and business practices of the respondent Mitchell Goldhar. Mr. Goldhar is a Canadian businessman who owns Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club, a soccer team based in Tel Aviv. The article was available in print and on the newspaper’s Hebrew and English-language websites. Mr. Goldhar commenced a defamation action in Ontario against the newspaper, its former sports editor and the author of the article alleged to be defamatory. Haaretz moved to stay the action, arguing that Ontario courts lack jurisdiction simpliciter or, alternatively, that Israel is a clearly more appropriate forum. See more on the SCC’s website.