5 Bruce Schubert sued his former business partner Leopold Elgar for breach of co

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5 Bruce Schubert sued his former business partner Leopold Elgar for breach of contract.  At the trial, Bruce, in testimony under oath, stated "Elgar is a complete fraud and a crook.  He was convicted in Ireland of theft before he came to Canada." During the lunch break, as Bruce's son, Dmitri, walked out of the courthouse, a reporter confronted him and asked him about the trial.  Dmitri said," Well my dad said Elgar was convicted of theft in Ireland, and I agree." The newspaper ran a story with Dmitri’s words the next day. It turned out that Bruce was mistaken, and it was a different Leopold Elgar who had been convicted in Ireland.  The Elgar in this trial had never been convicted of theft. A number of clients cancelled their deals with Elgar because of the story and he sustained considerable losses. Elgar later sued the newspaper, Dmitri, and Bruce. What would he sue them for? How successful would he be against each defendant?  In explaining the case against each defendant, discuss any possible defenses the defendants might have. (4 marks)

7..The BC Government was concerned about the alarming number of deaths (43 in the past two months) from a new illegal drug called Twitteradia. The deaths were all of people between the ages of 18 and 25, and the drug is used almost exclusively at "raves".  The government accordingly passed the Banning of Raves Act. One paragraph of the Act reads as follows: "No group of more than 15 persons between the ages of 18 and 25 may gather together at a venue in which Rave music is played." Ignoring any problems with the wording being too vague or not specific enough, name two legal challenges that could be brought against the Act.  What defense or justification might the government be able to raise against those challenges? If the courts struck down the Act, is there any way the government could pass a new Act containing exactly the same provisions? (4 marks)

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Elgar sued him for defamation as it were widely affected his overall business and number of clients can send their deals after the information published by the newspaper,He sued them on the bases of being defamed by spreading false information.

Bruce and Dimitri have possible remedies of the specific situation by stating that information they have was incorrect. As they also have possibility of explaining about the confusing names and the information.
Newspaper also has possibility of explaining to the court regarding confusion created by dimitri in this specific situation as availability of various factors directly affected their printing procedure.
Most likely newspapers and all the defendants have to pay for the damages as they should have cross checked before making any kind of statement about Elgar.

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