What constitutes bad faith in a medical malpractice case?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Qin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 846 (CanLII):
Bad faith has been recognized to encompass malice or intention to harm, as well as recklessness or serious carelessness: See Freeman, above, at para, 29; Finney v. Barreau du Québec, 2004 SCC 36 (CanLII) at para 39.
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