Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan
Jul 16, 2026 · 20 min · 6 segments
A campus sticker dispute, a GST mistake that snowballs for years, and a pre-COVID work-from-home fight all end up in the BC Court of Appeal, and the common thread is proof. We walk through a…
Michael MulliganGuest
Adam StirlingHost
Some interesting items on the agenda for today, including a defamation case involving a sticker that looks like it says, "I," and then there's a heart symbol, "Hamas." What happened?
And the factual background to it, this comes from, uh, back in 2023 and at UBC.
Uh, and what was alleged is, the allegation is that a fellow who's employed by a, a group over there that, uh, his task is to promote Jewish life at UBC, uh, was alleged to have printed up, uh, some 500 stickers, uh, in a circular format, which read, "I heart Hamas," a- and then UBC Social Justice Center printed on them.
And apparently 100 of them were stuck around UBC, and then some pictures were taken and put up online.
And that led to this defamation claim being brought by, first of all, that UBC Social Justice Center, uh, against the person that they allege put up these stickers, um, and also, uh, an individual there who was associated with that Social Justice Center who was... had, had sort of a public role in it as a coordinator.
Now, the first thing about the case which is notable, it's, I think, generally an important principle, is who can sue.
Uh, and the first problem for the UBC Social Justice Center is that that organization is described as an unincorporated association, like just a group of people.
Uh, it, it caused me to think about, uh, those of us who might be familiar with the Monty Python Quest for the Holy Grail and the scene involving the constitutional peasants who describe themselves as an autonomous collective-
So the problem with that is that a, a, an autonomous collective or an unincorporated association isn't a legal entity that can sue on its own behalf.
Some interesting items on the agenda for today, including a defamation case involving a sticker that looks like it says, "I," and then there's a heart symbol, "Hamas." What happened?
And the factual background to it, this comes from, uh, back in 2023 and at UBC.
Uh, and what was alleged is, the allegation is that a fellow who's employed by a, a group over there that, uh, his task is to promote Jewish life at UBC, uh, was alleged to have printed up, uh, some 500 stickers, uh, in a circular format, which read, "I heart Hamas," a- and then UBC Social Justice Center printed on them.
And apparently 100 of them were stuck around UBC, and then some pictures were taken and put up online.
And that led to this defamation claim being brought by, first of all, that UBC Social Justice Center, uh, against the person that they allege put up these stickers, um, and also, uh, an individual there who was associated with that Social Justice Center who was... had, had sort of a public role in it as a coordinator.
Now, the first thing about the case which is notable, it's, I think, generally an important principle, is who can sue.
Uh, and the first problem for the UBC Social Justice Center is that that organization is described as an unincorporated association, like just a group of people.
Uh, it, it caused me to think about, uh, those of us who might be familiar with the Monty Python Quest for the Holy Grail and the scene involving the constitutional peasants who describe themselves as an autonomous collective-
So the problem with that is that a, a, an autonomous collective or an unincorporated association isn't a legal entity that can sue on its own behalf.
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