Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Richard Wagner; Andromache Karakatsanis; Suzanne Côté; Malcolm Rowe; Sheilah Martin; Nicholas Kasirer; Mahmud Jamal; Michelle O’Bonsawin; Mary Moreau |
| Judgment Date | 15 May 2026 |
| Citation | 2026 SCC 16 |
| Docket Number | 41061 |
| Date | 15 May 2026 |
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43 practice notes
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Resler v. Anglin
...2025 SCC 13; TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman, 2019 SCC 19, [2019] 2 S.C.R. 144; R. v. I.M., 2025 SCC 23; Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16; Friedmann Equity Developments Inc. v. Final Note Ltd., 2000 SCC 34, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 842; Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration),......
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R. v. Cope
...v. Jacko, 2010 ONCA 452 , 101 O.R. (3d) 1 ; R. v. Greer, 2026 ONCA 222 ; R. v. Lavallee, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852 ; Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16; R. v. Barton, 2019 SCC 33 , [2019] 2 S.C.R. 579 ; R. v. Wood, 2022 MBCA 46 ; R. v. Boucher (2004), 186 C.C.C. (3d) 479 ; R. v. Denkers ......
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Smith v. Seyoum
...Act, s. 16(4)(e). [32] Divorce Act, s. 16(4)(c). [33] Divorce Act, s. 16(4)(b). [34] Divorce Act, s. 2(1). [35] Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, at para. [36] Ahluwalia, at para. 187. [37] Divorce Act, s. 16(4)(g). [38] Divorce Act, ss. 16(3)(d), (g), and (h). [39] Divorce Act, ss. 16(3......
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J.C. et al. v. Jugenburg et al.
...had surgery, doing procedures such as breast reconstruction. [5] In the Supreme Court’s very recent decision in Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16 at para. 159, Kasirer J. observed that “the tort of intrusion upon seclusion recognized by Sharpe J.A. in Jones may capture the acts o......
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Resler v. Anglin
...2025 SCC 13; TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman, 2019 SCC 19, [2019] 2 S.C.R. 144; R. v. I.M., 2025 SCC 23; Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16; Friedmann Equity Developments Inc. v. Final Note Ltd., 2000 SCC 34, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 842; Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration),......
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Smith v. Seyoum
...Act, s. 16(4)(e). [32] Divorce Act, s. 16(4)(c). [33] Divorce Act, s. 16(4)(b). [34] Divorce Act, s. 2(1). [35] Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, at para. [36] Ahluwalia, at para. 187. [37] Divorce Act, s. 16(4)(g). [38] Divorce Act, ss. 16(3)(d), (g), and (h). [39] Divorce Act, ss. 16(3......
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J.C. et al. v. Jugenburg et al.
...had surgery, doing procedures such as breast reconstruction. [5] In the Supreme Court’s very recent decision in Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16 at para. 159, Kasirer J. observed that “the tort of intrusion upon seclusion recognized by Sharpe J.A. in Jones may capture the acts o......
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Mitchell v. Mitchell
...concluded and the closing submissions heard, the Supreme Court of Canada released its landmark decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16. I invited the parties to provide me with written submissions concerning [6] The R......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Civil liability – New tort of intimate partner violence (Canada).
...Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16 (Link to CSC decisions). Torts — Intimate partner violence — Recognition of new tort — Parties’ marriage characterized by husband’s abuse and pattern of coercion and control — Wife seeking tort damages for abuse as part of family law proceedings — Trial judge recogniz......
