If someone has their privacy violated in Ontario, can they pursue a civil remedy in the Ontario courts? Does Ontario law recognise the tort of invasion of privacy? These questions were the subject of a motion brought by McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada seeking to strike out a plaintiff’s claim for unlawful invasion of his privacy on the basis that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action.

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A Notice of Intent to Defend is the shortest of the pleadings that may be filed in an Ontario action and, in most cases, is of little consequence. Comprised of a single page and saying little beyond what its title already indicates, a Notice of Intent to Defend is normally used only to notify the [...]

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