{"id":24328,"date":"2024-11-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=24328"},"modified":"2024-11-28T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:02:08","slug":"leaf-to-intervene-in-supreme-court-case-on-potential-new-tort-of-family-violence","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/leaf-to-intervene-in-supreme-court-case-on-potential-new-tort-of-family-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAF to intervene in Supreme Court case on potential new tort of family violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Toronto, November 28, 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Earlier this month, the Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) was granted leave to intervene in <em>Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia<\/em>, a case about access to financial compensation for intimate partner violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, an Ontario Superior Court judge created a new tort of family violence, allowing survivors of intimate partner violence to go to court and ask for compensation specifically for the pattern of violence they experienced. Historically, survivors of family violence seeking compensation would have to try and combine separate individual torts, such as assault, battery, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned this decision. It held that there was no need for a new tort and that survivors could just use the different torts that already existed. The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the new tort in February 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF will be intervening to argue that courts need to consider access to justice when deciding whether to create a new tort. LEAF will also argue that recognizing the tort of family violence would be consistent the values underlying section 7 of the <em>Charter<\/em> \u2013 the right to life, liberty, and security of the person \u2013 because it will help deter and provide compensation for family violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamily violence disproportionately impacts women, particularly those facing intersecting forms of marginalization. It has significant physical, psychological, and financial costs. It\u2019s systemic in nature: it often happens over years, with numerous incidents of violence and abuse from someone you are supposed to trust and rely on.\u201d says Pam Hrick, Executive Director &amp; General Counsel of LEAF and co-counsel for LEAF in this case. \u201cExisting torts are not adequate to redress the distinct harms of family violence. Our legal system needs to provide effective responses to these harms, and recognizing a new tort of family violence would be one way to do so.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF is grateful to also be represented <em>pro bono<\/em> by co-counsel Maneesha Mehra (Carson Chousky Lein LLP) and Surinder Multani (Niman Mamo LLP) in this case.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF\u2019s interventions are guided, informed, and supported by a case committee with expertise in the relevant issues. We are grateful to this intervention\u2019s case committee members (in alphabetical order): Natasha Bakht, Coline Bellefleur, Erika Chamberlain, Frances Chapman, and Sheila Gibb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For media inquiries, please contact <a href=\"mailto:media@leaf.ca\">media@leaf.ca<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is a national not-for-profit and charity that works to advance the equality rights of women, girls, trans, and non-binary people in Canada through litigation,\u202flaw reform,\u202fand public legal education.\u202fSince 1985, LEAF has intervened in more than 130 cases that have helped shape the\u202f<em>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em>. 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