In a landmark 6-3 decision on Friday, a Supreme Court of Canada majority recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence, ...
Decision could make it easier for people who suffer wide-ranging abuse to win cash compensation in the civil courts ...
On appeal, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that there was no need to create a new tort for family violence, because ...
In what’s being hailed as a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has created a tort of family violence, which will ...
'If the same pattern of abuse is carried out by a son rather than a spouse, the proposed offence would not apply,' one expert ...
The new tort of intimate partner violence focuses on “coercive control,” establishing a new legal path for lawsuits based on ...
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Supreme Court rules that victims can sue coercive and controlling abusive partners for damages
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court will decide today if a victim of family violence can sue a former spouse for damages linked to “a ...
Family law reflects evolving societal norms, technology, and economic trends, and has recently undergone a critical shift in how it understands domestic abuse. No longer confined to physical violence, ...
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