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    Continuing confusion on how to plead third party interference
    Ellen Vandergrift
    • Jul 31, 2015
    • 3 min

    Continuing confusion on how to plead third party interference

    OHB Construction Co. v. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., 2015 NBQB 80, illustrates the continuing confusion regarding the torts of...
    Creative argument rescues claim for causing loss by unlawful means
    Ellen Vandergrift
    • Jun 4, 2015
    • 3 min

    Creative argument rescues claim for causing loss by unlawful means

    Fundraising Initiatives v. Globalfaces Direct, 2015 ONSC 1334, is a fine example of how creative argument can rescue pleadings from being...
    Beware the potential cost consequences of pleading intentional torts
    Ellen Vandergrift
    • May 7, 2015
    • 2 min

    Beware the potential cost consequences of pleading intentional torts

    Lawyers are very aware of the negative cost consequences of an unfounded pleading of fraud, and may avoid pleading fraud in an effort to...
    "Poster child" for the tort of unlawful means civil conspiracy
    Ellen Vandergrift
    • Apr 30, 2015
    • 4 min

    "Poster child" for the tort of unlawful means civil conspiracy

    Canadian Hedge Watch Inc. v. Street, 2015 ONSC 454, identified by the chambers judge as a "poster child " for the tort of unlawful means...
    Business (torts) as usual, for the most part
    Ellen Vandergrift
    • Apr 23, 2015
    • 6 min

    Business (torts) as usual, for the most part

    It has been a little over a year since the SCC clarified the tort of causing loss by unlawful means in A.I. Enterprises Ltd. v. Bram...