Tort Law

This book explores: Ontario’s significant changes to the definition of “automatic catastrophic impairment” for children; the issue of discrimination based on geography, and the effect it has on children who are left with inadequate accident benefits coverage; the differences between public and private auto insurance regimes; the regimes currently in place in each province, including the administration, benefits and right to proceed with a tort lawsuit in each jurisdiction; and the inconsistencies in the auto insurance regimes throughout Canada and offers solutions that will ensure consistency across the country.

This legal treatise provides a comprehensive review of this often confusing and misunderstood area of the law of public and private nuisance and strict liability, as applied and articulated in Canadian cases. The source provides commentary and analysis of jurisprudence, offering a coherent overview of the topic and clarifying the law. Guidance is given to determine whether a cause of action may exist and the chances of success in pursuing it. As well, the source identifies the potential types of nuisance that may assist clients such as advocacy and special interest groups in furthering their goals.

The number of transnational corporations - including parent companies and subsidiaries - has exploded over the last forty years, which has led to a correlating rise of corporate violations of international human rights and environmental laws, either directly or in conjunction with government security forces, local police, state-run businesses, or other businesses. In this work, Gwynne Skinner details the harms of business-related human rights violations on local communities and describes the barriers, both functional and institutional, that victims face in seeking remedies. She concludes by offering solutions to these barriers, with a focus on measures designed to improve judicial remedies, which are the heart of international human rights law but often fail to deliver justice to victims.