Supreme Court rules intimate partner violence can be basis for lawsuits

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In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has created a new tort of intimate partner violence that will allow people to sue for damages when they have been subject to abuse in a relationship.

Intimate partner violence is a pernicious social ill deserving of the full attention of the law, the summary of the majority judgement says in defining intimate partner violence….

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