Intentional Interference with Economic Relations

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Date Retrieved: 2024-11-12
CLNP Page ID: 180
Page Categories: Tort Law
Citation: Intentional Interference with Economic Relations, CLNP 180, <https://rvt.link/as>, retrieved on 2024-11-12
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Last Updated: 2024/01/25

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Cable Assembly Systems Ltd. et al. v. Ben Barnes et al., 2019 ONSC 97 (CanLII)[1]

[55] Justice Nordheimer in Janssen-Ortho Inc. v. Amgen Canada Inc. (2003), 2003 CanLII 26024 (ON SC), 26 C.P.R. (4th) 93 (Ont. S.C.)[2] stated at para. 58:

In order to establish the tort of intentional interference with economic relations, Janssen must be able to establish three things:
(a) an intention to injure the plaintiff;
(b) interference with another’s method of gaining his or her living or business by illegal means; and
(c) economic loss caused thereby.

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Murphy v. Sutton Group, 2019 ONSC 2078 (CanLII)[3]

[94] There are three essential elements of the tort of intentional interference with economic relations:

i. the defendant must have intended to injure the plaintiff’s economic interest;
ii. the interference must have been by illegal or unlawful means; and
iii. the plaintiff must have suffered economic harm or loss as a result.

Grant Financial Management Inc. v. Solemio Transportation Inc., 2016 ONCA 175 (CanLII) at para. 62.[4] To successfully establish the tort, a plaintiff must prove a causal connection between the unlawful means and the loss suffered; Alleslev-Krofchak v. Valcom Limited, 2010 ONCA 557 (CanLII) at para. 50;[5] leave to appeal refused (2010) S.C.C.A. No. 403]. Intentionally interfering with another person’s economic interests is not actionable if the means used are lawful; Ontario Racing Commission v. O’Dwyer, 2008 ONCA 446 (CanLII) at para. 57.[6]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cable Assembly Systems Ltd. et al. v. Ben Barnes et al., 2019 ONSC 97 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/hx802>, retrieved on 2024-01-25
  2. 2.0 2.1 Janssen-Ortho Inc. v. Amgen Canada Inc., 2003 CanLII 26024 (ON SC), <https://canlii.ca/t/6wmn>, retrieved on 2024-01-25
  3. 3.0 3.1 Murphy v. Sutton Group, 2019 ONSC 2078 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/hzkgl>, retrieved on 2024-01-25
  4. 4.0 4.1 Grand Financial Management Inc. v. Solemio Transportation Inc., 2016 ONCA 175 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/gnk6t>, retrieved on 2024-01-25
  5. 5.0 5.1 Alleslev-Krofchak v. Valcom Limited, 2010 ONCA 557 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/2c4n5>, retrieved on 2024-01-25
  6. 6.0 6.1 Ontario Racing Commission v. O'Dwyer, 2008 ONCA 446 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1x4rd>, retrieved on 2024-01-25