Can a constructive trust remedy be used against a property owner who has made a constructive contribution to the property?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Kuzyk v. Czajkowski, 2016 BCSC 1109 (CanLII):

The remedy of constructive trust is available where there is a link between the contribution and the property in which the constructive trust in claimed: Peter v. Beblow, [1993] 1 S.C.R. at 996.

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