Personal Law

The tort of defamation exists to protect an individual’s reputation (or in certain circumstances, a company’s reputation) by restricting the conveying of false information through any written medium, photographs, broadcasts and the internet which are likely to injure the person’s (or company’s) reputation or standing in the community. However, an action for defamation must also [...]

In most peoples’ minds, Bankruptcy conjures up images of financial ruin and oblivion. The laws of bankruptcy were not legislated for such a purpose. In fact, those very laws were designed to give those persons who, through choice or compulsion, go bankrupt, an opportunity to “clear the slate” and start over. Whether you like it

Defamation exists to protect an individual’s reputation (or in certain circumstances, a company’s reputation) by restricting the conveying of false information through any written medium, photographs, broadcasts and the internet which are likely to injure the person’s (or company’s) reputation or standing in the community. However, an action for defamation must also be balanced against