Can a fiduciary duty arise out of a contract made in Taiwan for the purpose for which this contract was made?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lin v. Tang, 1997 CanLII 2675 (BC CA):
In para. 33, the respondent pleaded a fiduciary duty. Can a fiduciary duty which attracts Hodgkinson v. Simms, 1994 CanLII 70 (SCC), [1994] 3 S.C.R. 377, arise out of a contract such as this made in Taiwan for the purpose for which this contract was made, namely, to enable the respondent to become, for a price exacted under the immigration laws of Canada, a landed immigrant?
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