Alexandre Baril-Furino and Arielle Reeves-Breton publish an article in La Référence on Norwich-type orders and their use in online defamation by an anonymous author

In an article published in La Référence, Alexandre Baril-Furino and Arielle Reeves-Breton  discuss the Norwich orders and how it can be used in online defamation cases to identify the anonymous or pseudonymous author of defamatory statements.

Given the proliferation on the Web of comments originating from anonymous sources, encouraged by the growing role played by social media and the Internet, Alexandre and Arielle have chosen to discuss the Norwich orders, which allows a victim to obtain information enabling him or her to identify the individual or individuals who published his or her comments.

In their article, our two lawyers outline the criteria for obtaining such order, as well as the application of these criteria in the context of online defamation. To read the article, available in French only, click here.