Hilary Young

Hilary Young

Hilary Young teaches law at the University of New Brunswick. Her research interests include torts and health law, and especially defamation law. She co-authors Feldthusen & Linden’s Canadian Tort Law. 

In trying to curb online defamation, Canadian courts are resorting to unjustified censorship

In trying to curb online defamation, Canadian courts are resorting to unjustified censorship

Judges are ordering unwarranted or overly broad injunctions to 'tame' the internet's wild west

Anti-SLAPP's unintended consequences

These laws should make it easier to dismiss defamation actions, but may complicating that goal