David A. Potts, Barrister

About David A. Potts, Barrister

The practice of David A. Potts, Barrister, is a solo Toronto office devoted entirely to libel, slander, and cyberlibel, including reputation management for people and organizations targeted online. Potts was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1979, holding a B.A. from the University of Cape Town, an LLB from Dalhousie University, and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School. The practice has acted for and against both plaintiffs and defendants, including corporations, municipalities, charities, senior executives, politicians, media organizations, and individuals, in every Canadian province except Saskatchewan and Quebec, and has assisted with multi-jurisdictional libel actions involving Canada, the United States, England, and Australia.

Potts wrote Cyberlibel: Information Warfare in the 21st Century?, published by Irwin Law in 2011, and is preparing a revised edition titled Potts on Cyberlibel with a foreword by the Honourable Ian Binnie, a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Earlier books include Canadian Libel and Slander Actions (Irwin Law, 2004) and Canadian Libel Practice (Butterworths, 1985), plus a chapter on cyberlibel in Electronic Commerce: A Practitioner's Guide (Carswell, 2002, with looseleaf updates through 2012). The office sits in the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel complex on Richmond Street West, in the downtown core.