What is the test for establishing a tort of negligent representation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cosford v. Player, 2012 ONCA 276 (CanLII):
The motion judge fully appreciated the five requirements of proof required to establish the tort of negligent representation as set out in the case of the Queen v. Cognos Inc., 1993 CanLII 146 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 87, at para. 34.
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