What is the standard of conduct of an innocent party in a civil case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cellular Baby Cell Phones Accessories Specialist Ltd. v. Fido Solutions Inc., 2014 BCSC 1959 (CanLII):
An innocent plaintiff will not be held to a high standard. An innocent party is only required to act based upon what it knows it’s time of the breach, without the application of hindsight. The plaintiff is expected to act reasonably, rather than perfectly, within the particular circumstances of each case: Syncrude Canada v. Bechtel Ltd., [1997] A.J. No. 503, at 41
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