Peter M. Jacobsen

Peter Jacobsen is a seasoned litigator at WeirFoulds LLP with more than 40 years of experience in media, defamation, administrative, and constitutional law. He has extensive experience handling trials, appeals, and judicial reviews at all levels of court and before numerous administrative tribunals. Peter 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.