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29897

Yahong Bai, et al. v. Sing Tao Daily Limited (Ontario Corporation #1287844), et al.

(Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave)

Docket

Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.

List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2004-01-30 Close file on Leave
2004-01-23 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2004-01-22 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C38484, dated May 20, 2003, is dismissed with costs.
Dismissed, with costs
2003-12-22 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, Ia Bi Arb
2003-11-05 Order on motion to leave to intervene, (BY MAJOR J.)
2003-11-05 Decision on motion for leave to intervene, of Friends of Falun Gong Association, Ma, The motion is dismissed with costs but without prejudice for the applicant to re-apply for leave to intervene in the appeal, should leave to appeal be granted.
Dismissed, with costs
2003-11-05 Submission of motion for leave to intervene, Ma
2003-10-21 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, e-mail form from Peter A. Downard dated 10/21/03, Completed on: 2003-10-21 Yahong Bai
2003-09-26 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, book form, Completed on: 2003-09-26 Sing Tao Daily Limited (Ontario Corporation #1287844)
2003-09-17 Motion for leave to intervene, vol. 1 and 2, Completed on: 2003-09-17 Friends of Falun Gong Canada
2003-09-15 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2003-09-15 Sing Tao Daily (Canada) Limited (Ontario Corporation #313470), Sing Tao Newspapers (Toronto) Limited, John and Jane Doe(s), yet unidentified defendants responsible for the actions
2003-09-03 Letter acknowledging receipt of an incomplete application for leave to appeal
2003-08-18 Application for leave to appeal, (2 Vols.), Completed on: 2003-09-08 Yahong Bai

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Yahong Bai Applicant Active
Shuhuan Qu, Lan Sing Cheng, Dongfeng Yang, Dong Xu, Li Zheng, Suzhen Li, Jin Xiao, Lingyi Zhang, Susan Mitchell, Dan Di Pasquale, Michael Koo, Mary Koo, Jane Hu, Zhilan Guo, Benda Liu, Zhenhua He, Genhhua Feng, Ning Bai, Yue Wei, Jinan Liu Applicant Active
Chunling Yang, Qian Guo, Zhujie Tang, Ming-fu Chen, Rose Jen Chen, Janet Yuen, Pianpian Li, Gordon Yu, Sheree Wong, Ying Gao, Zhuofu Li, Jane Yu, Zhuoying Huang, Wen Wang, Donghui Ren, Zheng Wang, Enkai Liu, Youmin Qian, Mei Wu Applicant Active
Yun Huang, Manjing Liu, Nianzeng Shou, Xianling Chen, Yongzhen Liu, Zhibo Wang, Qi Liu, Fan Wang, Wen-chen Shadbolt, Barbara Qui, Thi Keo Duong, Rongtian Qi, Johnny Wu, Li Wang, Hong Ji, Fengying Mao, Tonggui Ye, Tony Chung Wong Applicant Active
Yunqin Huang, Sui-Lan Lo, Gordon Lo, Ming Ye, Qili Zhang, Xi Ming Liu, Tian Ying Peng, Fuzhen Xu, Feili Zhang, Yushan Zhi, Xiaojun Yang, Qiu Mei Hou, Anthony Tin Cheung Yeung, Huizhen Liu, Tongjin Zhang, Hong Wang, Wen Ying Li, Shaoxu Li Applicant Active
Tian Fu, Fang Wu, Yong Xin Jackie Chen, Chi Shu Lee, Gang Liang, Chris Trottier, Xiaolei Wu, Yanyan Cai, Bing Lu, Tanya Ma, Sam Chu, Yong Sun, Hock Tung Hui, Sheila Hui, Chao Wen, Ying Li, Louis Yip, Sophia Sun, Shaojiu Wang, Jijun Wang Applicant Active
Wenli Chang, Tiejun Zhang, Christine Loftus, Yufang Zhang, Lanlan Liu, Michael Mahonen, Zoe Ackah, Zenon Dolnyckyj, Wai-kwan Cheung, Jin Mei, Qinxin Yu, Ruoyu Lan, Jack Fan, Mingda Ni, Qiang Zhou, May Peng, Christine Marsh, Hui Yang Applicant Active
Ziyu Fan, Xueye Zhu, Xiaoyan Sun, Ying Zhu, R. Chen, Yunping Cheng, Litian Zhou, Zhili Li, Huiying Chen, Ling Li, Xiaoe Hu, Weicai Li, Ningxu Zhao, Dongdong Yang, Xiaomei Gao, Zhu Wu, Kun Lun Zhang, Zhong, Gerry M. Smith, Yongtao Huang Applicant Active
Min Liu, Gang Chen, Diane Shi, Cindy K. Y. Chan, Kathy Gillis, Xiaoyang Gao, Shizhong Lei Hong Yu, Jie He, Jie Li, Huaiwen Chan, Lingdi Zhang, Yang Wang, Hua Gao, Mary Zhu, Annie Wu, Changgeng Xi, Hong Li, Jing Zhi, Daiming Huang Applicant Active
Rose Chan, Donna He, Yee Hwa Shin, Ling Zhang, Qiao Ying Nie, Zhenkun Xie Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Sing Tao Daily Limited (Ontario Corporation #1287844) Respondent Active
Sing Tao Daily (Canada) Limited (Ontario Corporation #313470), Sing Tao Newspapers (Toronto) Limited, John and Jane Doe(s), yet unidentified defendants responsible for the actions Respondent Active
of the Defendant Corporation(s) to be identified and added as parties Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Yahong Bai

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Shuhuan Qu, Lan Sing Cheng, Dongfeng Yang, Dong Xu, Li Zheng, Suzhen Li, Jin Xiao, Lingyi Zhang, Susan Mitchell, Dan Di Pasquale, Michael Koo, Mary Koo, Jane Hu, Zhilan Guo, Benda Liu, Zhenhua He, Genhhua Feng, Ning Bai, Yue Wei, Jinan Liu

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Chunling Yang, Qian Guo, Zhujie Tang, Ming-fu Chen, Rose Jen Chen, Janet Yuen, Pianpian Li, Gordon Yu, Sheree Wong, Ying Gao, Zhuofu Li, Jane Yu, Zhuoying Huang, Wen Wang, Donghui Ren, Zheng Wang, Enkai Liu, Youmin Qian, Mei Wu

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Yun Huang, Manjing Liu, Nianzeng Shou, Xianling Chen, Yongzhen Liu, Zhibo Wang, Qi Liu, Fan Wang, Wen-chen Shadbolt, Barbara Qui, Thi Keo Duong, Rongtian Qi, Johnny Wu, Li Wang, Hong Ji, Fengying Mao, Tonggui Ye, Tony Chung Wong

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Yunqin Huang, Sui-Lan Lo, Gordon Lo, Ming Ye, Qili Zhang, Xi Ming Liu, Tian Ying Peng, Fuzhen Xu, Feili Zhang, Yushan Zhi, Xiaojun Yang, Qiu Mei Hou, Anthony Tin Cheung Yeung, Huizhen Liu, Tongjin Zhang, Hong Wang, Wen Ying Li, Shaoxu Li

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Tian Fu, Fang Wu, Yong Xin Jackie Chen, Chi Shu Lee, Gang Liang, Chris Trottier, Xiaolei Wu, Yanyan Cai, Bing Lu, Tanya Ma, Sam Chu, Yong Sun, Hock Tung Hui, Sheila Hui, Chao Wen, Ying Li, Louis Yip, Sophia Sun, Shaojiu Wang, Jijun Wang

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Wenli Chang, Tiejun Zhang, Christine Loftus, Yufang Zhang, Lanlan Liu, Michael Mahonen, Zoe Ackah, Zenon Dolnyckyj, Wai-kwan Cheung, Jin Mei, Qinxin Yu, Ruoyu Lan, Jack Fan, Mingda Ni, Qiang Zhou, May Peng, Christine Marsh, Hui Yang

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Ziyu Fan, Xueye Zhu, Xiaoyan Sun, Ying Zhu, R. Chen, Yunping Cheng, Litian Zhou, Zhili Li, Huiying Chen, Ling Li, Xiaoe Hu, Weicai Li, Ningxu Zhao, Dongdong Yang, Xiaomei Gao, Zhu Wu, Kun Lun Zhang, Zhong, Gerry M. Smith, Yongtao Huang

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Min Liu, Gang Chen, Diane Shi, Cindy K. Y. Chan, Kathy Gillis, Xiaoyang Gao, Shizhong Lei Hong Yu, Jie He, Jie Li, Huaiwen Chan, Lingdi Zhang, Yang Wang, Hua Gao, Mary Zhu, Annie Wu, Changgeng Xi, Hong Li, Jing Zhi, Daiming Huang

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Rose Chan, Donna He, Yee Hwa Shin, Ling Zhang, Qiao Ying Nie, Zhenkun Xie

Counsel
Peter A. Downard
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 4200, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N6
Telephone: (416) 865-4369
FAX: (416) 364-7813
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Sing Tao Daily Limited (Ontario Corporation #1287844)

Counsel
Tony S.K. Wong
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Box 25, Commerce Court West
Toronto, Ontario
M5L 1A9
Telephone: (416) 863-2180
FAX: (416) 863-2653
Agent
Matthew J. Halpin
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
45 O'Connor St.
20th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1A4
Telephone: (613) 788-2233
FAX: (613) 788-2247
Email: matt.halpin@blakes.com

Party: Sing Tao Daily (Canada) Limited (Ontario Corporation #313470), Sing Tao Newspapers (Toronto) Limited, John and Jane Doe(s), yet unidentified defendants responsible for the actions

Counsel
Tony S.K. Wong
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Box 25, Commerce Court West
Toronto, Ontario
M5L 1A9
Telephone: (416) 863-2180
FAX: (416) 863-2653
Agent
Matthew J. Halpin
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
45 O'Connor St.
20th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1A4
Telephone: (613) 788-2233
FAX: (613) 788-2247
Email: matt.halpin@blakes.com

Party: of the Defendant Corporation(s) to be identified and added as parties

Counsel
Tony S.K. Wong
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Box 25, Commerce Court West
Toronto, Ontario
M5L 1A9
Telephone: (416) 863-2180
FAX: (416) 863-2653
Agent
Matthew J. Halpin
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
45 O'Connor St.
20th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1A4
Telephone: (613) 788-2233
FAX: (613) 788-2247
Email: matt.halpin@blakes.com

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Lower court rulings

June 20, 2002
Ontario Superior Court of Justice

01-CV-222320CM2

Applicants' claim in libel and accessory claims, struck out

May 20, 2003
Court of Appeal for Ontario

C38484

Appeal dismissed

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Date modified: 2025-02-27