What is the scope of the tort of inducing or procuring the breach of contract between a party and the party?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Samuda v. Recipco and Fierro, 2007 BCSC 1013 (CanLII):
The scope of the tort is limited where the person inducing or procuring the breach is the servant, agent, or director of one of the parties acting within the scope of his employment or authority as an agent or director, as long as that servant, agent or director acted in good faith, not out of malice, and for the benefit of the employer, principal, or company in question, not merely to injure the plaintiff: Said v. Butt, [1920] 3 K.B. 497.
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