The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence. This decision gives survivors of coercive and controlling abuse a clearer way to seek damages alongside family law claims such as divorce, support and property division. The article explains what the Court decided, what must be proven, and how the ruling may affect Alberta family law cases.

Mitchell v. Reykdal, a recent Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta decision, delved into when a married person can still be an adult interdependent partner (“AIP”).