Parsing Fiduciary Obligations in Canada, The Advocates’ Quarterly (forthcoming December 2024)

Author: Nikolay Y. Chsherbinin

Source: The Advocates’ Quarterly (Canada’s preeminent legal publication and a widely recognized source of civil litigation information and guidance).

Synopsis: This 42-page paper provides an overview of the legal principles that govern fiduciary relationships in Canada. The paper aims to explain why the law intervenes to bestow a fiduciary status in some and not other relationships. In the process, it discusses the applicable law, with an emphasis on appellate decisions, which scrutinize the fiduciary concept.

Publisher: Thomson Reuters Canada Limited.