LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Self-Defense, Contributory Negligence, Liability Insurance
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This question specifically asked for a discussion of a privacy tort. There is no (cid:498)right(cid:499) answer to this question, so key to answering it will involves discussing the pros and cons of a tort of privacy, as well as the current state of the law. Issues that can be considered in this context include the following: while the ontario courts have now recognised the tort of intrusion, newfoundland, manitoba, saskatchewan, and british. Columbia have all created a statutory tort of invasion of privacy. The textbook discusses a tort of privacy on pages 85-87. Steven works the day shift as a security guard at a suburban shopping mall. His days are generally slow and uneventful and he wishes he could find more excitement at work. Steven, finally happy to have something exciting to do during his shift, tackled the first person near boris" books n" things that he saw wearing a grey jacket.