What are the consequences of a statutory breach in the law of negligence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ding v. Joy Investments Ldt., 2003 BCSC 200 (CanLII):
The plaintiffs rely on Canada v. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, 1983 CanLII 21 (SCC), [1983] 1 S.C.R. 205, which established that the civil consequences of a statutory breach are subsumed in the law of negligence and evidence of a statutory breach does not establish a separate nominate tort, but is evidence, which when considered in context, or "that is" probative of negligence.
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