Is there a tort of private nuisance by telephone harassment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Provincial Partitions Inc. v. Ashcor Implant Structures Ltd., 1993 CanLII 5579 (ON SC):
Further support for the existence of a tort of private nuisance by telephone harassment can be found in Stoakes v. Brydges, [1958] Q.L.R. (Weekly Notes) p. 9 (No. 5), and Alma v. Nakir (1966), 2 N.S.W.L.R. 396. Injunctive relief was awarded in both of such cases.
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