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Twelve years since the recognition of the tort of intrusion upon seclusion: How Jones v. Tsige continues to impact privacy class actions in Canada

By Mike Schafler, Luca Lucarini, and Ana Qarri
May 21, 2024
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It has been 12 years since the Ontario Court of Appeal first recognized the tort of intrusion upon seclusion in Jones v. Tsige. This paper discusses the impact of that decision on privacy class actions. Click here to download your copy.

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Mike Schafler

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Mike has almost 30 years’ experience handling complex commercial cases, both as counsel and arbitrator. He holds the FCIArb (Chartered Institute) and QArb (ADRIC) designations. He is President Elect of ADRIC and one of the founding Committee Members of CanArbWeek. Mike is currently a member of the Canada Region National Board, to which he was elected after serving as co-lead of the Dentons Canada Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LDR) group and, before that, manager of the Toronto LDR group. Mike is currently a member of the Firm’s global arbitration steering group and previously co-led the Firm’s global LDR group.

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Luca Lucarini

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Luca Lucarini is an associate in our Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Transformative Technologies and Data Strategy groups. Luca acts for clients on a variety of regulatory, commercial and civil litigation matters.

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Ana Qarri

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Ana Qarri is an associate in the Privacy and Cybersecurity group in Dentons’ Toronto office.

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