What is the test for joint tortfeasors?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Radmanish v. Sulaimankhail, 2014 ONSC 4373 (CanLII):
In other words, where the evidence establishes that one person knowingly assists or encourages another to commit a tort, or if one is only present as a conspirator, they will be joint tortfeasors: See Bains v. Hofs (1992), 76 B.C.L.R. (2d) 98 at page 104 (S.C.).
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