What is the current state of the law in Canada on the doctrine of third party expectations?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gill v. Highland Pacific, 2005 BCSC 40 (CanLII):

In Barnett v. Rademaker, 2004 BCSC 1060, at para. 31, Melnick J. dealing with the general principles of agency notes that “An attitude informing the jurisprudence in this area is the general view that the expectations of the third party dominate.”

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