Can a lawyer owe a duty of care to a non client?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Collins v. Saskatchewan Rural Legal Aid Commission, 2002 SKQB 201 (CanLII):
In Jensen v. MacGregor, 1992 CanLII 2167 (BC SC), [1992] 4 W.W.R. 320 (B.C.S.C.) Sinclair Prowse J. said the following at p. 324: ... A lawyer may owe a duty of care to a non-client claimant when it is clear to both the lawyer and the claimant that the claimant was relying on the special legal skill and knowledge of the lawyer, and that the lawyer knew or ought to have known that the claimant was relying on the skill or knowledge ....
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