Sentences with phrase «awarded in a libel case»

More surprising was their award of # 500,000 damages, the largest sum ever awarded in a libel case.

Not exact matches

This week, St. Lewis won her three - year libel case against Rancourt and was awarded $ 350,000 in damages by an Ottawa civil jury, based on damages to her reputation stemming from Rancourt's use of the pejorative term in a 2011 blog.

Myers said Cusipag was not deterred by the substantial damage award in a previous libel case: «All that it seems to have done is prompted her to transfer her house to her son for free and to transfer two condominium units to others.

The variability in the amount of compensatory damages awarded in Canadian libel cases does not mean that the award in this case is «incoherent», as Rabinowitz argues.

In fashioning his damages awards, the trial judge appreciated that, for this reason, a comparison with awards in other libel cases was of little assistancIn fashioning his damages awards, the trial judge appreciated that, for this reason, a comparison with awards in other libel cases was of little assistancin other libel cases was of little assistance.

Although Rabinowitz relies on several libel cases in which the amount of the compensatory damages awarded was lower than that awarded here, other libel cases reveal compensatory damages awards in amounts higher than those awarded by this trial judge.