Sentences with phrase «represent standards of behaviour»

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The test thus limits the award to misconduct that represents a marked departure from ordinary standards of decent behaviour.

They are meant to punish the defendant who has acted in a malicious, oppressive and high - handed manner in a way that represents a marked departure from ordinary standards of decent behaviour.

They are meant to punish the defendant in exceptional cases where the defendant's conduct has been «malicious, oppressive and high - handed» and «represents a marked departure from the ordinary standards of decent behaviour», see Whiten, at para. 36.

The purpose of awarding punitive damages is for the retribution, denunciation, and deterrence of misconduct that represents a marked departure from ordinary standards of decent behaviour.