The Canadian Law of Toxic Torts - Preface and Table of Contents

Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2014-16

Lynda Collins and Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, The Canadian Law of Toxic Torts (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2014).

18 Pages Posted: 10 Jul 2014 Last revised: 2 Sep 2014

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Lynda Margaret Collins

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Heather C. McLeod-Kilmurray

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Date Written: July 10, 2014

Abstract

A toxic tort may be defined as a tort arising from environmental contamination or a toxic product. Toxic tort cases frequently raise evidentiary quandaries, doctrinal ambiguities, and contested interpretations of established causes of action. Perhaps more importantly, torts involving toxic harms implicate rights and interests of profound importance to Canadians in the twenty-first century. This work surveys the existing law of toxic torts in Canada and makes proposals for reform.

Keywords: environmental law, toxic torts, causation, science and law

Suggested Citation

Collins, Lynda Margaret and McLeod-Kilmurray, Heather C., The Canadian Law of Toxic Torts - Preface and Table of Contents (July 10, 2014). Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2014-16, Lynda Collins and Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, The Canadian Law of Toxic Torts (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2014)., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2464444 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2464444

Lynda Margaret Collins (Contact Author)

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Heather C. McLeod-Kilmurray

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, K1N 6N5
Canada

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