CBC: “Intimate partner violence is a pernicious social ill deserving of the full attention of the law,” the summary of the majority judgement says in defining intimate partner violence.
“Best understood, it is not confined to conduct that inflicts physical or psychological injury, but includes all abusive conduct by which one intimate partner coerces and controls the other, thus depriving them of their autonomy.”
The six-to-three decision further defines the new tort as covering acts of physical violence, isolation tactics, manipulation, humiliation, surveillance, economic abuse, sexual coercion and intimidation…