What remedies are available to the court for a breach of fiduciary duty?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Grewal v. Sandhu, 2012 BCCA 26 (CanLII):

The judge then expressed the view that, where there has been a breach of a fiduciary duty, the court has a broad range of remedies, quoting first from Todosichuk v. Daviduik, 2004 MBCA 191, 247 D.L.R. (4th) 715 at paras. 22-24, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused [2005] S.C.C.A. No. 248, and from McLachlin J.’s dissent in Norberg at 295. He then said:

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