BUSINESS TORTS IN CANADA

 

REQUIREMENTS

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Two-Party Intimidation

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1. A must deliver an unlawful threat to B;

2. Intending to cause harm to B;

3. A's threat must cause B's subsequent conduct; and

4. Result in harm to B. 

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Three-Party Intimidation 

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1. A must deliver an unlawful threat to B;

2. Intending to cause harm to C;

3. A's threat must cause B's subsequent conduct; and

4. Result in harm to C.

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Burns & Blom, Economic Interests in Canadian Tort Law  (Markham: LexisNexis, 2009), at 128, see also A.I. Enterprises Ltd.  v. Bram Enterprises Ltd., 2014 SCC 12, at para. 65.