LAW 122 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 textbook notes.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 122
• Professor: Andre Serero

Document Summary

The tort of conspiracy usually occurs when two or more defendants agree to act together with the primary purpose of causing the plaintiff to suffer a financial loss. The plaintiff must prove that the defendant threatened to commit an unlawful act, such as a crime, a tort, or even a breach of contract. The tort does not occur unless the threatened party gave in to the intimiation. For example, the plaintiff would not have won in rookes v bernard if the airline had ignored the union"s threat. As long as the ther elements of the tort are established, there is no need to prove that the defendant intended to hurt the plaintiff. The tort of interference with contractual, relations occurs when the defendant disrupts a contract that exists between the plantiff and a third party: direct inducement to breach of contract. Occurs when the defendant directly persuades a third party to break its contract with the plaintiff.