Sentences with phrase «highly offensive»

Your neighbor could face civil liability if he is intentionally intruding on your privacy in a way that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, going beyond all boundaries of decency.

«The key features of this cause of action are, first, that the defendant's conduct must be intentional, within which I would include reckless, second that the defendant must have invaded, without lawful justification, the plaintiff's private affairs or concerns, and third, that a reasonable person would regard the invasion as highly offensive causing distress, humiliation or anguish,» Justice Robert Sharpe wrote in the ruling.»

Facebook vice-president Andrew «Boz» Bosworth said in a controversial, highly offensive internal memo that the company's obsession with growth «is justified,» even its «questionable contact importing practices» and the «subtle language» it uses to help people stay searchable by friends.

In addition, I find that a reasonable person would regard this type of invasion of privacy as highly offensive and causing distress, humiliation and anguish to the person.

The court found that an individual can be liable to pay damages for «intrusion upon seclusion» where the invasion of privacy in question would be «highly offensive» to a «reasonable person.»

The term «squaw» is a highly offensive and derogatory term that has been used against Indigenous women.

In his decision, Justice Robert Sharpe explained the limitations of the new tort: 1) the defendant's conduct must be intentional or reckless; 2) the defendant must have invaded, without lawful justification, the plaintiff's private affairs; 3) a reasonable person would regard the invasion as highly offensive causing distress, humiliation, or anguish; and 4) the plaintiff can recover damages even if there is no actual financial harm caused by the invasion of privacy, but the court capped damages at $ 20,000.

The Court of Appeal described the tort of «intrusion upon seclusion» as: «One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the invasion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.»

Lord Nicholls of the UK's House of Lords, in the 2004 case of Campbell v. MGN Limited, addressed the use of «highly offensive»:

Little do they know that marketers frequently employ bots, or low - paid net jockeys on the Subcontinent, to flood legal (and non-legal blogs) with spam comments in a highly offensive, and usually fruitless, attempt to build their clients» web presence.

This is the province's first - ever class action involving the new tort of «intrusion upon seclusion», which allows individuals to advance a civil claim for damages against an intruder who intentionally invades their privacy, without legal justification, in a manner that is highly offensive to the reasonable person.

However, the lower court determined that the ham sandwich and the «ham is not a toy» comments were materially false, reasonably susceptible of a defamatory meaning, and highly offensive.

He cited the American Restatement (Second) of Torts (2010) and held that the elements of the tort are that a person publicizes the private affairs of another and the matters publicized would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and are not of legitimate concern to the public.

It thus agreed that a jury might conclude that the statements were highly offensive to a reasonable person and actionable and therefore defamatory.

On a false light claim, the Court decides as a matter of law whether the program conveyed (a) statements of fact that are (b) defamatory or highly offensive to a reasonable person and (c) actually false or convey a false impression of the plaintiff.

Intrusion upon seclusion, which has only emerged recently in certain Canadian jurisdictions, allows plaintiffs to sue if a person has intentionally invaded their private affairs without permission and if a reasonable person would view the invasion as highly offensive.

As specified in the Public Records Act, under RCW 42.56.050 «invasion of privacy» (which is restricted by law) only arises when the content (1) Would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (2) is not of legitimate concern to the public.

The court reasoned that insurance coverage for «invasion or violation of privacy» included the common law tort of «intrusion upon seclusion», which necessarily includes intentional, highly offensive invasions of privacy by employees outside a patient's circle of care.

To succeed, you will have to prove that «the matter publicized or the act of the publication» is «highly offensive to a reasonable person» and is not «of legitimate concern to the public».

The court described the tort as: «One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the invasion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.»

The following elements of the tort of public disclosure of private facts were adopted: One who gives publicity to a matter concerning the private life of another is subject to liability to the other for invasion of the other's privacy, if the matter publicized or the act of the publication (a) would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (b) is not of legitimate concern to the public.

Similar to intrusion upon seclusion, the court wrote: «One who gives publicity to a matter concerning the private life of another is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the matter publicized is of a kind that (a) would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (b) is not of legitimate concern to the public.»

This specifically includes medical information the publication of which a person of ordinary sensibilities would find highly offensive, which would appear to cover the material in the case cited.

a reasonable person would regard the invasion as highly offensive causing distress, humiliation or anguish.

It consists solely of an intentional interference with his interest in solitude or seclusion, either as to his person or as to his private affairs or concerns, of a kind that would be highly offensive to a reasonable man.

[46] I would essentially adopt as the elements of the cause of action for public disclosure of private facts the Restatement (Second) of Torts (2010) formulation, with one minor modification: One who gives publicity to a matter concerning the private life of another is subject to liability to the other for invasion of the other's privacy, if the matter publicized or the act of the publication (a) would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (b) is not of legitimate concern to the public.

One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the invasion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.

«You have to establish that someone has invaded your privacy by looking at confidential records and that the nature of the records that were disclosed to this person would be, on an objective basis, be highly offensive,» he notes.

(3) A reasonable person would regard the intrusion as highly offensive, causing distress, humiliation or anguish.

One who gives publicity to a matter concerning another that places the other before the public in a false light is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if (a) the false light in which the other was placed would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (b) the actor had knowledge of or acted in reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which the other would be placed.

The Court of Appeal described the new tort as: «One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the invasion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.»

By now the news is stale, but on Friday Heartland pulled down the highly offensive billboards comparing the acceptance of mainstream climate science with such despicable people as the Unabomber.

Removed — highly offensive references.

I'm glad that your friends and family don't find it offensive - unfortunatley there are many who find it highly offensive.

Impugning my integrity on the basis of a delay in approving comments in the moderation queue is beyond the bounds of normal conduct and I find it highly offensive.

«It does not follow that a game is more interesting to an adult simply because it contains extreme violence, explicit sexual material, or highly offensive language.

Grant has every right to have the word gay in his Gamertag, unless I missed something and gay has become a curse word or being gay has become highly offensive.

Either everyone thought that Grant was homophobic and chose the nick in order to insult gays, or, the rest of the community is a bunch of idiots and found the fact that the word gay appeared in a Gamertag highly offensive.

There's good reason why lemon juice is used as a cat repellent and instructional tool - it's highly offensive to cats.

Sharon, As a 3rd year teacher, I find it highly offensive that you suggest that the problem with teaching today is that the new generation of teachers is not willing to work hard or that we do not love our jobs or our students enough to put in the hours.

Of course not, and what you have said is highly offensive to the vast majority of LEA staff who try the hardest they can for every school within their family whether or not they are planning to become academies or not.

Abuse is mainly seen in the form of sexist, racist, homophobic or highly offensive language, while remarks concerning teachers» appearance, sexuality and competence are also on the up.

Kevin and Ike continue into the highly offensive middle segment where they suggest how to make an Oscar ceremony worth watching.

In truth, none of Dragon Ball FighterZ» mild missteps sully the brilliance of the overall experience (the worst thing about the game, in truth, is the highly offensive use of the letter z instead of an s in its title).

While it's not highly offensive stuff, it comes across as more callous and abrupt when interspersed with the light and airy gospel melodies.

Per Deadline, the judge stated on Monday that» [the portrayal by Zeta - Jones] is not highly offensive to a reasonable person as a matter of law.»

Also I find it highly offensive to the listed professionals that you add «CLEANERS» what have that got to do with professionals....

«We do not condone or agree with these disgusting comments and find them highly offensive to our core as Republicans,» he said.

«This is highly offensive to the Jewish community and all of those who wish to see the scourge of antisemitisim [sic] eradicated.»

Bloomberg should recognize, if he hasn't already, that his attempt at colorful humor, or John Wayne - style toughness, or whatever it was, was highly offensive and deeply disrespectful, and he should apologize.