If I am injured in an assault, will the judge award punitive damages to punish my assailant? What if my other damages are significant, and already impose financial hardship on the assailant? In a decision released this week (Rycroft v.
Read More →I am involved in a motor vehicle crash and it is alleged that I am partially at fault. How will the court apportion liability? Also, how will this impact the amount that I am awarded? In the recent case of
Read More →If you are the victim of a “peeping tom” can you sue them for damages? In last week’s case of T.K.L. v. T.M.P. (2016 BCSC 789) the defendant was ordered to pay over $93,000 in damages, including $85,000 in pain
Read More →If someone makes false and defamatory Facebook posts about you, can they be forced to pay you damages? In this week’s case of Pritchard v. Van Nes (2016 BCSC 686), Ms. Van Ness was the neighbour of the plaintiff (Mr.
Read More →Should the victims of revenge porn be entitled to compensation? Until last month, there was no case setting a precedent for compensation for the non-consensual publication of intimate images in Canada. Please note: the application of this case to provinces
Read More →If your passenger grabs the steering wheel and causes a crash, should your third-party liability insurance be triggered to cover your losses? What if you’re the designated driver and your passenger is drunk? Until today’s decision, ICBC was off the
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