What is the test for establishing a duty of care?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ault v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 ONCA 147 (CanLII):

The existence of a duty of care is the first of five requirements set out in Queen v. Cognos Inc., 1993 CanLII 146 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 87, at para. 33, for establishing negligent misrepresentation.

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