What is the applicable law in the case of a tort where the tort was committed by the same place?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Peng v. Zhu, 2009 CanLII 39494 (ON SC):
As a general rule, in the case of a tort, the applicable law is the law of the place where the activity occurred -- lex loci delicti. There are, however, cases in which the act occurred in one place, but the consequences were felt in another place. In such a case, it may be that the wrong is where the consequences occurred. However, "Ordinary people expect their activities to be governed by the law of the place where they happen to be" (Tolofson v. Jensen, 1994 CanLII 44 (SCC), [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022, [1994] S.C.J. No. 110, at paras. 43-44).
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