Sentences with phrase «common law torts exist»

These two common law torts exist in addition to the statutory right or cause of action available to a plaintiff under the privacy legislation.

If British Columbia courts follow the Ontario Court of Appeal in Jones v. Tsige and determine that the common law tort exists in British Columbia, there would be some important changes to the law and practice in this Province.

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The action was initially dismissed on the grounds that the tort of invasion of privacy did not exist at common law in Ontario.

This OHS layer of legislation will duplicate and possibly conflict with other regulation and legal recourses including in the Criminal Code, the Human Rights Act, and Labour Relations Code, the Charter of Rights, the Workers» Compensation Act, and the existing Part 27 of the OHS Code, not to mention most collective agreements and labour, employment and torts common law.