What is the test for reasonable knowledge of the facts of a claim?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cybernetic Exchance Inc. v. J.C.N. Equities Ltd., 2003 CanLII 17041 (ON SC):
Campbell J. in Burke v. Gautier [1987] O. J. No. 1086 (Action No. 57/85) said “the basic rule of fairness [is] that a party should have reasonable knowledge of the case he must meet.”
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