What is the effect of secretly recording conversations between members of the same family?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sweeten v. Sweeten, 1996 CanLII 2972 (BC SC):
The learned judge in Seddon v. Seddon condemned the practice of which the petitioner in that case had engaged in. He said at pp.12-13: I am of the opinion that it is not desirable to encourage the surreptitious recording of household conversations, particularly so when it is done in the family home and the conversations are between family members. This is an odious practice.
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