An astounding percentage of family law litigants are self-represented. A tort of family violence will advance access to justice by simplifying the path to compensation for survivors. Stay tuned for argument tomorrow and Wednesday.

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But any of this conduct may form part of a pattern of coercive control, and all of it involves a breach of trust by a person upon whom the survivor ought to be able to rely.

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All of the conduct in the large circle is defined as family violence in the Divorce Act. Some conduct is criminal, some is tortious, some is criminal + tortious, and some is neither.

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Thank you to St. Lawrence Barristers PC articling student Kasi Boddy-McAuley, who turned my rough sketches into the beautiful graphic below.

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"I have a real weakness for Venn diagrams—they’re useful for so many things, including illustrating why the Supreme Court of Canada should recognize the tort of family violence.

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