Vicarious Liability: The Two Approaches
This is a special guest contributor article. On June 17, 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down two decisions dealing with the same topic. One of them, Bazley v....
Category: Torts
Is Crown Immunity Absolute? The SCC to Hear Appeal in Attorney General of Canada v Power
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will soon comment on the compelling question of how far Crown immunity stretches. Having granted leave to appeal in Attorney General of Canada v...
Negligence Not Sufficient: The ONCA Narrows the Intrusion Upon Seclusion Tort in Owsianik v Equifax Canada Co
In Owsianik v Equifax Canada Co., 2022 ONCA 813 [Equifax], the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) clarified the scope of the intrusion upon seclusion tort. In dismissing three separate appeals...
Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia : Putting a Cost on Family Violence in Divorce Proceedings
Content Warning: this article has some descriptions of violence and abuse that may be triggering to some readers* Justice Mandhane of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (“ONSC” ) has...
