Civil liability for sexual abuse and violence in Canada / Elizabeth K.P. Grace and Susan M. Vella.

Toronto : Butterworths, 2000.

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Sex crimes -- Canada.

Liability (Law) -- Canada.

Part I. Theories of liability : 1. Intention-based common law causes of action

2. Non-intention-based common law causes of action

3. Vicarious liability

4. Liability in equity

5. Liability under the charter and statute

Part II. Defences to liability : 6. Technical-legal defences

7. Defences on the merits

8. Defence counter-strategies

Part III. Causation and remedies : 9. Proof of causation

10. Remedies : compensating for loss and punishing for wrongdoing

Part IV. Pre-trial issues : 11. Pre-trial issues

Part V. Evidentiary issues : 12. Opinion and recovered memory evidence

13. Similar fact evidence

Part VI. Collateral issues : 14. Insurance coverage

15. The interrelationship between criminal and civil proceedings

Appendix 1 : Damages table.

Includes index.

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