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The duty to exercise contractual discretion in good faith is well-established in Canadian common law. In Bhasin v Hrynew (“Bhasin”), the SCC recognized ‘good faith’ as a general organizing principle of contract law that requires a party to a contract to have “appropriate regard to the legitimate interests of the contracting partner.”
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What’s good faith? The SCC in Bhasin said that “the principle of good faith exemplifies the notion that in carrying out his or her own performance of the contract, a contracting party should have appropriate regard to the legitimate interests of the contracting partner” and this requires that “a party not seek to undermine those interests in bad fa...
In Canada, the test for bad faith does not include the need to show the defendant intentionally acted in bad faith.[xii]Bad faith is when a party acts in a manner that substantially nullifies the contractual objectives or causes significant harm to the other, contrary to the original purposes or expectations of the...Conduct that is contrary to community standards of honesty, reasonableness or fairness has been described as bad faith.[xiv]Thearbitrary exercise of discretion has been associated with bad faith in a number of cases – arbitrariness alone may ground a decision that a party acted in bad faith.[xv]In considering the content of the duty to operate in good faith and bad faith, it’s easy to get lost in the nuanced judicial considerations of what each duty means. Not only are they nuanced, they can seem contradictory at times. While there is certainly value in understanding the nuances when considering a specific fact situation, to avoid running...
Feb 5, 2021 · That court ruled that the imposition of a duty to have appropriate regard for the interests of another contracting party must be based on the terms of the contract itself. In this case, the parties had considered and deliberately rejected including such a term, and therefore, no such duty existed.
Accordingly, the Court found that Can-Am breached the dealer agreement, and its duty to perform the agreement honestly. The Decision. The Supreme Court embarked on a detailed survey of the law of good faith in Canada (and elsewhere). It noted that Canadian law has been reluctant to consistently impose a stand-alone duty of good faith.
Dec 21, 2020 · In Callow, the Supreme Court of Canada held that: Parties to a contract have a duty of honest performance, as the Court first recognized six years ago in Bhasin v. Hrynew. [2] This duty “applies to the performance of all contracts and, by extension, to all contractual obligations and rights”. [3] Further, parties are “not free to exclude ...
Nov 28, 2014 · Ruling Can-Am was in breach of its contract obligations to act in good faith with Bhasin. Damages owed to Bhasin by Can-Am to compensate for the loss of Bhasin following from Can-Am’s misleading Bhasin prior to non-renewal. Ratio Good faith is an imposed duty in all Canadian common law contracts. Notes Groundbreaking case.
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Nov 14, 2014 · The defendant was ordered to pay damages based on the economic position the other party would have been in had the defendant breaching party fulfilled its duty under the contract. The important aspects of this case with respect to commercial law are: (1) the implied principle of good faith and (2) the duty of honesty, in contractual performance.
