By Erika Tower and Madeleine Cleland ( November 14, 2024, 2:17 PM EST) -- Since the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2023 ONCA 476, (Ahluwalia), in which the creation of a new tort of family violence was rejected as unnecessary because existing torts are sufficient, there has been some uncertainty about how civil claims arising from intimate partner violence (IPV) and abuse should be dealt with in the context of family law proceedings....