What is the current state of the law on fiduciary obligations in a new relationship?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bluefoot Ventures Inc. v. Ticketmaster (Citysearch), 2007 CanLII 55363 (ON SC):

The approach outlined by Madam Justice Wilson provided the following guidance: …Yet there are common features discernible in the contexts in which fiduciary duties have been found to exist and these common features do provide a rough and ready guide to whether or not the imposition of a fiduciary obligation on a new relationship would be appropriate and consistent. Relationships in which a fiduciary obligation have been imposed seem to possess three general characteristics: (1) The fiduciary has scope for the exercise of some discretion or power. (2) The fiduciary can unilaterally exercise that power or discretion so as to affect the beneficiary’s legal or practical interests. (3) The beneficiary is peculiarly vulnerable to or at the mercy of the fiduciary holding the discretion or power. (Frame v. Smith, supra, at p. 136)

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