What is the test for establishing that a relationship can be protected in a tort action where the relationship was not in place at the time of the tortious conduct?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bangma Lewis v. Bangma, 2010 ONSC 878 (CanLII):

The defendants argue that it is implicit in the statutory provisions that the relationships to be protected are those in existence at the time of the tortious conduct which disturbs or destroys it: Pole v. Hendery, supra, para. 6.

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