What is the standard of conduct of trustees in the discharge of duties to the Estate and the Court?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Salewski Inc. v BDO Canada Ltd., 2016 ONSC 133 (CanLII):
[93] This court has and will continue to expect the highest standard of conduct on the part of trustees in the discharge of their duties to the court and the Estate: see Murphy v. Sally Creek Environs Corporation, supra, at paras. 139, 151 and 155.
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