What is the test for reasonable care?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Roscoe v. Halifax (Regional Municipality), 2011 NSSC 485 (CanLII):

“[T]he factors which are relevant to what constitutes reasonable care will necessarily be very specific to each fact situation ... .” [Waldick v. Malcolm, 1991 CanLII 71 (SCC), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 456, para 33]

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