Can a professional person be liable in tort to other persons than their client for breach of their duty to use reasonable care?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Garrant v. Cawood, 1984 CanLII 2313 (SK QB):
The defendant owed no contractual duty to the plaintiff. Nevertheless, a professional person can be liable in tort to other persons than his client for breach of a duty to use reasonable care in the performance of his professional activities: Haig v. Bamford et al., 1976 CanLII 6 (SCC), [1977] 1 S.C.R. 466; 9 N.R. 43.
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