Intimate Partner Violence: A New Tort within Family Law
Introduction On 15 May 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released one of the most important family law decisions in decades. In Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, a 6 – 3 majority of the SCC recognized a new common law tort of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV is structured around coercive and controlling conduct [...]










