LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Neighbourhood, Strict Liability, Lard
25 Oct 2015
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A number of them are important in business context. These include conspiracy, intimidation, and interference with contractual relations, unlawful interference with economic relations, deceit, occupier"s liability, nuisance, defamation, and injurious falsehood: generally, there is no tort if one person deliberately inflicts an economic injury on another. However, the same act may trigger liability if it is performed by several people working together. If the actions were otherwise lawfull, it is difficult to establish conspiracy unless you can prove the primary purpose of hurting the plaintiff. The situation is different though it the defendants conspired to perform an otherwise unlawful act, such as a tort, or violating the criminal code, etc. Intimidation occurs when the plaintiff suffers a loss as a result of the defendant"s threat to omit an unlawful act against either the plaintiff or third party. This tort has two branches: two-party intimidation occurs when the defendant directly coerces the plaintiff into suffering a loss.
