Peter M. Jacobsen

Peter Jacobsen has over 40 years of experience in practice as a litigator and provider of legal advice. He practises mainly in the areas of media law, defamation law, administrative law, and constitutional law. He is a seasoned litigator and has significant experience in trials, appeals, and judicial reviews at all levels of court and before numerous administrative tribunals. He provides regular pre-publication advice and litigation services to major media outlets including The Globe and Mail, CTV, TSN, and Bloomberg as well as many magazines and periodicals, such as the Report on Business Magazine and the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and publishers such as Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, and House of Anansi. He also represents individuals and editors as well as national organizations such as the Canadian Association of University Teachers. He is a senior fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Centre for Free Expression and a director of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. He is repeatedly rated by his peers, in The Best Lawyers in Canada, as a leading practitioner in the specialty of media and defamation.