What is the standard of care required by a professional to make a professional representation?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Adshade v. Auld, 2010 NSSC 77 (CanLII):
The standard of care was referred to in Queen v. Cognos Inc., supra. There the court said at p. 16: ... The applicable standard of care should be the one used in every negligence case, namely the universally accepted, albeit hypothetical, ‘reasonable person’. The standard of care required by a person making representations is an objective one. It is a duty to exercise such reasonable care as the circumstances require ...”
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