In what circumstances will the Court consider undue influence?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ross-Scott v. Potvin, 2014 BCSC 435 (CanLII):

In Longmuir v. Holland, 2000 BCCA 538 [Longmuir], Southin J.A. observed at para. 1 that “there is no more elusive doctrine of equity than that of undue influence”.

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