In what circumstances will a fiduciary obligation be imposed on a spouse?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Perez v. Galambos, 2008 BCCA 91 (CanLII):
In Frame v. Smith, Wilson J., dissenting in the result, identified three characteristics common to relationships in which a fiduciary obligation has been imposed (at 136):
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