What is the test for a plaintiff to claim damages for false arrest?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Abboud v Ottawa Police Services Board, 2016 ONSC 1052 (CanLII):
The plaintiff need not establish any actual loss for this particular tort: “the law of false arrest is a branch of the trespass action and no actual loss is required to establish a claim of damages.” (Lamka v. Waterloo Regional Police Services Board, [2010] O.J. No. 6308 at para. 42 (Sup. Ct))
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