What is the test for punitive damages against Scientology?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.C. Petroleum Ltd. v. Allen, 2002 CanLII 49601 (ON SC):
92 …the respondent’s argument overlooks the fact that punitive damages are directed to the quality of the defendant’s conduct, not the quantity (if any) of the plaintiffs loss. As Cory J. observed in Hill v. Church of Scientology, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, para. 196: “[p]unitive damages bear no relation to what the plaintiff should receive by way of compensation. Their aim is not to compensate the plaintiff, but rather to punish the defendant”.
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