Can a stranger to the trust be deemed to have known of the trust?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from WestCorp Solutions Ltd. v Lancaster, 2018 BCSC 789 (CanLII):
If a trust or fiduciary duty is imposed by statute, then a stranger to the trust will be deemed to have known of it: Air Canada v. M & L Travel Ltd., 1993 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 787 at para. 38.
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