What is the test for damages for breach of duty of reasonable care and skill?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Campbell v. Ragona, 2010 BCSC 1339 (CanLII):

Damages for breach of the duty of reasonable care and skill will be measured by the foreseeable consequences of the breach: Webber v. Ernst &Young, 2003 BCCA 95 at para. 86.

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