What is the test for a contractual quantum meruit?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brown v. Catherine Brown doing business as Kennedy Crawford Design, 2018 BCCRT 753 (CanLII):
17. In circumstances where parties have entered into an agreement but have not agreed on the price, the unpaid party is entitled to a reasonable amount for the goods and services provided. This concept is known as “contractual quantum meruit”. See, for example, Laing v. Medix Holdings Ltd., 2018 BCPC 276, at paragraph 176.
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