What is the test for agency between a solicitor and a client?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sarson v. Cook, 2009 CanLII 1150 (ON SC):
I would adopt the wisdom of Mr. Justice Day in the case of Sign-O-Lite v. Bugeja, [1994] O.J. No. 1381, with respect to his analysis of Scherer v. Paletta and the general principles of agency that apply to a solicitor and his client.
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