Introduction

Professional Correspondence Gone Awry

[1] This judgment addresses one of the peculiar disputes to come before this court recently. This case strikes at the very heart of professional legal practice and asks fundamental questions about the boundaries between legitimate legal correspondence and actionable harassment.

[2] In this case, the remarkable spectacle of a senior advocate with thirty years of experience alleging harassment and intimidation from a single professional letter-a letter that, by any objective standard, seems to be routine solicitor-to-solicitor correspondence.

[3] For avoidance of confusion, the plaintiff in this case is referred to as Dhanaraj while the defendants are referred to as D1,