In what circumstances have undue influence been defined by the Court?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Zeligs v. Janes, 2015 BCSC 7 (CanLII):

In Longmuir v. Holland, 2000 BCCA 538 at para. 71, 192 D.L.R. (4th) 62, Southin J.A. defined undue influence as "influence which overbears the will of the person influenced so that in truth what she does is not...her own act".

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