Is it unlawful for a stranger to provide financial assistance to a plaintiff in a civil matter?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from American Home Assurance Inc. v. Brett Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd., 1992 CanLII 8533 (NS SC):
The approach of Saunders J. is consistent with the "broad rule" stated by Lord Haldane in Neville v. London "Express" Newspaper, Ltd., [1919] A.C. 368 (H.L. (E.) ) at p. 390, and cited by Kerwin J. in Goodman v. The King, supra, at p. 367: "For the broad rule remains unrepealed by any statute that it is unlawful for a stranger to render officious assistance by money or otherwise to another person in a suit in which that third person has himself no legal interest, for its prosecution or defence."
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