POJA question - 03/01/13 06:21 PM
From FluffyMouse's thread:
Over the years I've seen a few exceptions to POJA cited here. The most common one is a health issue - presumably you cannot be bound to POJA if, say, you have breast cancer and your spouse doesn't want you to get a mastectomy. I've also seen a reference to illegal activities, though when that has been brought up in the past the reaction occasionally has been inconsistent (ie., obviously serious criminal activity would be out of bounds but I've definitely seen the point made that doing something at the request of your spouse (likely, an EP) that your employer would not like - that could possibly be illegal - is not subject to POJA because it is also an EP, so you should just do it.
I'm curious what people think of the above statement, which appears to constitute another exception. Can anyone provide a cite to MB materials for this? Who determines what level of damage? Apart from adultery, what else would count?
Originally Posted by pokerface
Fluffy. The POJA does not apply when it requires people to keep damaging secrets from a victim.
Over the years I've seen a few exceptions to POJA cited here. The most common one is a health issue - presumably you cannot be bound to POJA if, say, you have breast cancer and your spouse doesn't want you to get a mastectomy. I've also seen a reference to illegal activities, though when that has been brought up in the past the reaction occasionally has been inconsistent (ie., obviously serious criminal activity would be out of bounds but I've definitely seen the point made that doing something at the request of your spouse (likely, an EP) that your employer would not like - that could possibly be illegal - is not subject to POJA because it is also an EP, so you should just do it.
I'm curious what people think of the above statement, which appears to constitute another exception. Can anyone provide a cite to MB materials for this? Who determines what level of damage? Apart from adultery, what else would count?