What is the test for determining whether a reasonably-minded person of ample means would be ready to incur a particular expense?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Warick v. Diwell, 2018 BCCA 53 (CanLII):

Referring to Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229 at 245, the trial judge framed the question as “whether a reasonably-minded person of ample means would be ready to incur a particular expense”.

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