APPEAL WATCH: Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia on torts in family law
In Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia, 2023 ONCA 476 [Ahluwalia], the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) granted a partial appeal and reduction of damage awards in the context of a family law...
Category: Torts
The Innocents Abroad: SCC to Revisit Vacation Torts and Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”, or the “Court”) will revisit the question of when a contract formed in one province is sufficiently connected to a tort claim to establish...
Hansman v Neufeld: Speech Promoting Equality is More Equal
The Supreme Court of Canada (“the Court”) has recognized that expression promoting equality by countering harmful speech is worthy of heightened protection because of its relation to Canadian Charter of...
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....
