Can a defendant be held liable for the actions of his own affairs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dawydiuk v. I.C.B.C., 2009 BCSC 1259 (CanLII):
The duty can arise “in the conduct of the defendant’s own affairs in matters in which his interests are concerned”: Arnott, citing Halls v. Mitchell, 1928 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1928] SCR 125 at 133.
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