Jones v Tsige: A Banking Law Perspective

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Jones v Tsige: A Banking Law Perspective
Abstract
This paper considers the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Jones v Tsige. In this unprecedented case, a bank customer was allowed to sue a bank employee personally for the tort of invasion of privacy after the employee surreptitiously accessed her bank account. The case is significant due to its introduction, for the first time, of an American cause of action under the tort of invasion of privacy. In order to fashion the plaintiff with the personal remedy, however, the Court has failed to consider the application of the Tournier doctrine that has established that banks owe a duty of secrecy to their customers. In so doing, it is argued that the Court has undermined an established tradition of law that provides for a better approach in analyzing the issue from a banking perspective than that used by the Court.
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SSRN Scholarly Paper
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2726340
Place
Rochester, NY
Date
2013
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9/10/23, 11:26 PM
Short Title
Jones v Tsige
Language
en
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Social Science Research Network
Citation
Kianieff, M. (2013). Jones v Tsige: A Banking Law Perspective (SSRN Scholarly Paper 2726340). https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2726340
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