The end of a legal battle after seven years | Vancouver Sun
The end of a battle for online defamation that lasted seven years and is worth the redundancy has come to an end with a $ 1.1 million prize.
Likewise, the prize has been $ 1.1 million and it is necessary to highlight that it is one of the largest that has been seen in the legal history of Canada. The seven-year battle was between a Vancouver businessman and a US CEO and has finally ended this month because the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal from the defendants.
The plaintiff, Altaf Nazerali, who is the victor in the case that involves one of the biggest defamation awards in Canadian history, said “I finally close and I can move forward with my life”, and he also referred to that ” It is a vindication to … put false news and fight against them. ” Added to this, he assures that the battle was not easy at all and it also had a tremendous cost but in the same way he feels satisfied and great with what he achieved because, according to his case, he has become a reference for similar defamation cases in Canada. and other places.
The lawsuit was filed by Nazerali in 2011, after discovering that he was the target of defamatory articles posted online at DeepCapture.com. According to the stories reported, Nazerali was illegitimately portrayed as an arms dealer, drug trafficker, member of the Italian and Russian mafias and al-Qaida’s financier.
Of course, none of that was true, which finally made Nazerali victorious after the legal battle and with him took $ 1.1 million after the Supreme Court of Canada denied the plaintiffs appeal, made after May of 2016 the Supreme Court of British Columbia had already given a ruling in the case. This case has been one of the most relevant since it has been the largest defamation award ever presented in BC and has positioned itself as one of the largest in the history of Canada. This marks the largest defamation award ever filed in BC and one of the largest in the legal history of Canada, said Nazerali’s attorney, Daniel Burnett, a nationally recognized leader in defamation and media law.
Source: DAN FUMANO | Vancouver Sun