Can a motion to dismiss an invasion of privacy claim be dismissed at common law?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Tsige, 2011 ONSC 1475 (CanLII):
In Nitsopoulos v. Wong 2008 Carswell Ont 5257, the plaintiffs brought an action for invasion of privacy arising from the publication of a newspaper article written about them by the plaintiff. The defendants brought a motion to dismiss the claim on the basis that there was no such cause of action at common law.
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