What is the definition of a civil conspiracy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from ZLC Financial Ltd. v Anthony, 2021 BCSC 2299 (CanLII):
In Canadian law, there are two kinds of civil conspiracy: conspiracies whose predominant purpose is to harm the plaintiff; and conspiracies carried out by unlawful conduct directed towards the plaintiff, which the defendants should know is likely to result in and does result in injury to the plaintiff; Cement LaFarge v. B.C. Lightweight Aggregate, 1983 CanLII 23 (SCC), [1983] 1 S.C.R. 452 at 471. The conspiracy alleged in this case is an “unlawful conduct” conspiracy. It is predicated on the pleading of unlawful acts carried out by the defendants.
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