In Cooper V

question 57

Multiple Choice

In Cooper v.Hobart,the issue was whether or not the Registrar of Mortgage Brokers owed a duty of care to investors.The Supreme Court of Canada held that

• A) there was insufficient proximity to found a duty of care, but that even if there had been a prima facie duty of care, it would have been negated for overriding policy reasons.
• B) there was insufficient proximity to found a duty of care, but that the Registrar was negligent nonetheless.
• C) there was insufficient proximity to found a duty of care, but that the investors should be entitled to compensation from the Registrar this notwithstanding.
• D) the Registrar owed the investors a duty of care, and the tremendous cost to the taxpaying public was irrelevant.
• E) the Registrar owed the investors a duty of care, but public policy grounds cannot be argued in a civil matter.

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