Sentences with phrase «shoplifting civil recovery»

In speaking about a shoplifting civil recovery letter that had been sent by a lawyer acting for a retailer to the parent of a teenager, Justice Jewers stated in a 1996 Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench decision (B. (D.C.) v. Arkin (1996), 138 D.L.R. (4th) 309):

To the extent that shoplifting civil recovery letters advance spurious claims, the fact that a lawyer is used to send these letters can be seen as an attempt to mislead members of the public.