Can a fiduciary relationship exist in a construction context?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from St. Pierre v. Chriscan Enterprises Ltd., 2013 BCSC 2251 (CanLII):
The claimants cited Ho v. Yip, [1995] B.C.J. No. 1253 (S.C.), in which a fiduciary relationship had been found to exist in a construction context. He distinguished that case on the basis that the plaintiffs were particularly vulnerable to the defendants and had much less control over the decisions made by the defendants than did the respondent in the matter before the arbitrator.
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