How do I stop vicious libel?

July 11, 2008 6:21 PM

Canadian Libel Lawfilter: How do I send a cease & desist for libel made on the internet?

A good friend of mine has been the victim of a rather vicious libel attack making claims that she downloaded the contents of a database she did not access and committed libel against the website the database belongs to. Both statements are patently untrue. I'd like to help her write a cease & desist and take other legal steps as necessary. What applicable laws should I be aware of if both parties reside in Vancouver, British Colombia? Is there a good template for writing a Canadian C&D?

posted by MaxK to law & government (2 comments total)

You can't enforce anything without the law on your side. Thats why lawyers write C&D letters. Get a lawyer...even a friend lawyer to draft and send one.
posted by hal_c_on at 7:20 PM on July 11

If it were just a C&D, I'd copy one. But you're friend either committed libel or is being libelled. Get a lawyer, or whatever a lawyer is called in Cananananda.
posted by orthogonality at 7:25 PM on July 11