Merrifield v. The Attorney General, 2017 ONSC 1333
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Judge | Vallee |
| Citation | 2017 ONSC 1333 |
| Docket Number | CV-13-00333733-00OT |
| Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
| Date | 28 February 2017 |
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23 practice notes
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"That Is Not How the Common Law Works": Paths to Tort Liability for Harassment.
...injury and its impact on one's life (especially at para 23) are of general application. (4) Merrifield v Attorney General (Canada), 2017 ONSC 1333 at paras 718, 807, 848 [Merrifield (5) See Merrifield, supra note 1 at paras 56-104. (6) Although the Supreme Court did this on more than one oc......
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Tort Law and the Employment Relationship
...emotional distress. Mr. Merriield claims damages for harassment, intentional 9 [1997] 3 SCR 701, 1997 CanLII 332 . 10 2008 SCC 39 . 11 2017 ONSC 1333 . CHAPTER 6 TORT LAW AND THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 179 © 2022 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. inliction of mental suffe......
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ES v Shillington, 2021 ABQB 739
...and that no foreign judicial authority to support the recognition of that new tort had been cited (Merrifield v Canada (Attorney General) 2017 ONSC 1333 and Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General) 2019 ONCA 205). [38] In Caplan the court held ......
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Capital Solar Power Corporation v. The Ontario Power Authority, 2019 ONSC 1137
...Bank of England (No. 3), [2000] 2 W.L.R. 1220 (U.K. H.L.) cited in Odhavji, at para. 21. [107] Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ONSC 1333, 42 C.C.L.T. (4th) 4, at para. 830. [108] Ibid. [109] O’Dwyer, supra note 24 at paras. 46-48. [110] Georgian Glen Developments Ltd. v. Barri......
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10 cases
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ES v Shillington, 2021 ABQB 739
...and that no foreign judicial authority to support the recognition of that new tort had been cited (Merrifield v Canada (Attorney General) 2017 ONSC 1333 and Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General) 2019 ONCA 205). [38] In Caplan the court held ......
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Capital Solar Power Corporation v. The Ontario Power Authority, 2019 ONSC 1137
...Bank of England (No. 3), [2000] 2 W.L.R. 1220 (U.K. H.L.) cited in Odhavji, at para. 21. [107] Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ONSC 1333, 42 C.C.L.T. (4th) 4, at para. 830. [108] Ibid. [109] O’Dwyer, supra note 24 at paras. 46-48. [110] Georgian Glen Developments Ltd. v. Barri......
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Caplan v. Atas, 2021 ONSC 670
...at https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/ILJ/upload/Penza-note-final.pdf. [57] Ibid. [58] Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ONSC 1333. [59] Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA [60] Ibid, at para. 40 [61] See, for example, Stinson J.’s decision in Doe 464533 v......
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Williams v. Simon Fraser University, 2018 BCSC 1787
...may––in certain circumstances––be a separate tort claim and bullying may be another word for harassment. In Merrifield v. AG Canada, 2017 ONSC 1333, the court recognised the tort of harassment and set out the 719 The test for harassment is set out in McHale and McIntomneys]>] As......
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11 firm's commentaries
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Top 10 Canadian Labour & Employment Law Developments of 2017
...ill adult or child. Ontario Superior Court awards significant damages under the “tort of harassment”. In Merrifield v. Attorney General, 2017 ONSC 1333, the Ontario Superior court clarified the current state of the law with respect to the tort of harassment in Ontario, confirming it is dist......
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Liability For The Tort Of Intentional Infliction Of Mental Suffering
...was vicariously liable for the $100,000 tort award against Mr. Pinnock. More recently, in Merrifield v Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ONSC 1333, the Court awarded $100,000 in general damages for the tort of intentional infliction of mental suffering as against the employer (the RCMP) and t......
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What Can The Law Do About Deepfake'?
...offence that is unrelated to the employment or to the intended employment of that person. [11] Merrifield v The Attorney General, 2017 ONSC 1333. [12] Section 230. This section is currently in the process of being amended pursuant to the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act though the amendmen......
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Broader Workplace Harassment Claims: Is Canada Becoming More Litigious?
...not usually sue an employer for harassment that was unrelated to another legal right or protection. In Merrifield v Attorney General (2017 ONSC 1333) the Ontario Superior Court of Justice introduced a new, freestanding basis to sue for workplace harassment. Employers should take Merrifield ......
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2 books & journal articles
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"That Is Not How the Common Law Works": Paths to Tort Liability for Harassment.
...injury and its impact on one's life (especially at para 23) are of general application. (4) Merrifield v Attorney General (Canada), 2017 ONSC 1333 at paras 718, 807, 848 [Merrifield (5) See Merrifield, supra note 1 at paras 56-104. (6) Although the Supreme Court did this on more than one oc......
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Tort Law and the Employment Relationship
...emotional distress. Mr. Merriield claims damages for harassment, intentional 9 [1997] 3 SCR 701, 1997 CanLII 332 . 10 2008 SCC 39 . 11 2017 ONSC 1333 . CHAPTER 6 TORT LAW AND THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 179 © 2022 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. inliction of mental suffe......