What are ad hoc fiduciary duties?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fotherby v. Cowan, 2012 NSSC 182 (CanLII):
There is no evidence for ad hoc fiduciary duties. For those to arise, "it is fundamental … that there be an undertaking by the fiduciary, which may be express or implied, that the fiduciary will act in the best interests of the other party": Galambos v. Perez, 2009 SCC 48 at para. 66.
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