What is the standard for reasonableness in the context of a claim for damages under section 100 of the NSSC 100?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zwicker v Richardson (Estate), 2018 NSSC 327 (CanLII):
The standard against which to measure reasonableness is that which “an ordinary prudent business person would have done in the circumstances”: Hopgood v. Hopgood (Estate), 2018 NSSC 100, paras 62 and 63.
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