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New Brunswick · Civil claims

Were you a victim of intimate partner violence? You may be entitled to compensation.

If a partner controlled you, frightened you, or hurt you, New Brunswick law now recognizes that as a harm you can be compensated for — even years later. We will tell you where you stand, quietly and at no cost.

Free case reviewYou are in controlConfidentialNo fee unless we win

The case that opened the door

$100,000

awarded to one survivor in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, the case that made coercive control something you can sue for in Canada.

One case, decided on its own facts. What a claim is worth depends on what happened to you.

Why this is possible now

Two recent changes in the law have opened a door that used to be closed.

May 15, 2026 · Supreme Court of Canada

Coercive control is now something you can sue for.

The Court recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence. It covers the pattern — isolation, surveillance, financial control, humiliation, sexual coercion, intimidation — not just individual incidents of physical violence.

Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16

2026 · New Brunswick

The deadline on old claims is being removed.

Amendments to the Limitation of Actions Act would end the time limit on assault and battery claims between intimate partners — retroactively, reviving claims that had already expired.

Bill 27, An Act to Amend the Limitation of Actions Act

Do you have a claim?

One bad night is an incident. A pattern is a case.

If a partner or ex did any of these to you, it is worth twenty minutes to find out what your claim is worth.

Controlled your money, your accounts, or your ability to work

Took on debt in your name, or left you with it

Cut you off from family and friends

Monitored your phone, location, messages or spending

Threatened you, your children, your pets or your reputation

Degraded you — publicly, in front of your kids, or relentlessly in private

Pressured or coerced you sexually

Was physically violent, or made you live around the possibility of it

You do not need a police report, a criminal charge, or anything in writing. Your account matters, and civil court decides on a lower standard than a criminal one.

Late afternoon light through a linen curtain, with the shadow of a branch falling across the wall and the windowsill.

“It was too long ago.”

Probably not. New Brunswick is removing the limitation period entirely — including for claims that had already run out. Thirty years is not automatically too late.

“We weren't married.”

Being intimate is enough. Your civil claim does not depend on you being married, common law, or in a long-term relationship.

“He has nothing to take.”

Worth checking. Assets, pensions, property, insurance and estates are not always where people assume. We look before you write it off.

Recognise any of that? Find out what your claim is worth.

Answer a few questions about what happened and how to reach you safely. A lawyer at Gilbert McGloan Gillis reads it and tells you straight whether you have a case — including when you don't.

  • Twenty minutes
  • Free, and no obligation
  • You are in control

What compensation covers

A claim is how you get back some of what you lost.

Lost income

Work you couldn't take, jobs you lost, careers that stalled or ended.

Treatment costs

Counselling, medical care, and ongoing therapy — past and future.

Pain and suffering

Damages for the harm itself, including the psychological toll of living under control.

Rebuilding costs

Moving, replacing what you left behind, restarting a household from zero.

How it works

Three steps. Nothing happens without your say-so.

1

Free case review

Twenty minutes, by phone or at our Saint John office. You tell us what happened; we tell you straight whether there's a claim — including when there isn't.

2

Your strategy, in writing

What we'd claim, what it involves, how long, what it costs. Timing and safety are planned around you. Nothing is filed until you say go.

3

We take it from there

Filings, deadlines, the other side's lawyer, court.

Fees.The case review is free. If we take your case, you pay nothing up front and nothing at all unless we recover money for you.

Who represents you

Gilbert McGloan Gillis. New Brunswick, since 1929.

Your case review is read by a lawyer at the firm, not a call centre or a referral service. We appear in the same New Brunswick courts your claim would be heard in.

Was there a sexual assault? You may also have a separate claim for it, with no time limit in New Brunswick. Mention it in your case review, or see gmglaw.com.

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Contact us

Ask a lawyer to call you back.

A few lines is enough to start. Tell us how to reach you safely and a lawyer at Gilbert McGloan Gillis will get in touch — only in the ways you mark safe.

  • Your ex is never contacted until you are ready to proceed.
  • Use an alias if you'd rather. You don't need your real name to ask.
  • Free and confidential. Sending this doesn't commit you to anything.
  • Prefer to call? 1-888-2GMGLAW or (506) 634-3600.
It doesn't have to be your real name.
A number your ex can't see or access.

Safe to leave a voicemail?

We need a phone number or an email, at least one.
A few sentences is plenty. The details can wait.

Want to tell us more first? Start the full case review — three short steps, still no obligation.

We reply only in the ways you marked safe. Submitting this form does not create a solicitor-client relationship, and information sent through it is not privileged until a retainer is in place. Every submission is treated as confidential.

Find out where you stand

Three short steps. No cost, no obligation, and no one is contacted but you.

Step 1 of 3 — What happened

Choose the closest fit — you can explain properly on the call.
A few sentences is plenty. The details can wait.

We reply only in the ways you marked safe. Submitting this form does not create a solicitor-client relationship, and information sent through it is not privileged until a retainer is in place. Every submission is treated as confidential.