What is the test for awarding a contract on a quantum meruit basis?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Summers v. Harrower, 2005 CanLII 50261 (ON SC):
Where the contract or estimate of the contractor does not contain sufficient information, a detailed plan or specifications, a court may award a contractor the price of the work on a quantum meruit basis. Serafin v. Johnston (1977), 12 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 169 (P.E.I.A) pages 171 and 176
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