- Canada – Mount Pearl (City) v. Power, 2025 NLCA 16
Newfoundland & Labrador Court of Appeal retracts recognition of a privacy tort of “intrusion upon seclusion.” https://stewartmckelvey.com/thought-leadership/newfoundland-and-labrador-court-of-appeal-sends-tort-of-intrusion-upon-seclusion-back-into-seclusion-mount-pearl-city-v-power-2025-nlca-16/
- UK – Omissions doctrine & duty to act in recent Supreme Court speeches
Lord Burrows addresses HXA / YXA & Tindall cases on omissions and state liability. https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/speech_lord_burrows_03062025_56fff4eeca.pdf
- UK – Lord Sales on climate change & tort law
Supreme Court justice argues for tort doctrine to adapt to systemic environmental risk. https://supremecourt.uk/speeches/lord-sales-090525
- UK – Private nuisance & privacy in Fearn v Tate Gallery
Examines how privacy concerns alter scope of private nuisance in cultural context. https://www.journalofcommonwealthlaw.org/article/124614-protecting-privacy-through-the-tort-of-private-nuisance-fearn-v-tate-gallery-in-the-uk-supreme-court
- Canada – Canadian companies liable in Canada for torts abroad
BC case holding companies may face domestic tort claims even for harms abroad (human rights, battery). https://www.harpergrey.com/administrative-law/canadian-companies-can-face-claims-in-canada-for-human-rights-violations-that-occur-in-foreign-countries
- UK – Tindall v Chief Constable (police omissions & rescue duty)
UKSC limits liability for omissions where foreseeability alone insufficient to impose duty. https://supremecourt.uk/cases/judgments/uksc-2023-0059