Intentional Interference with Economic Relations

From Riverview Legal Group


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

[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.) 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.