Task Blog Entry 6


Task Blog Entry 6

I examined the case between John Chisholm and Keith Watson, found:

Chisholm v. Watson, et al, 2011 ONSC 3600 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/flsbs>, retrieved on 2020-02-17


This case involves two parities, the plaintiff John Chisholm and the defendant Keith Watson. The case had been brought to court because a boundary survey that was completed by Keith Watson and was thought to be wrong by John Chisholm. In thinking so Mr. Chisholm decided to sue Mr. Watson for negligence.

Leading up to the case Chisholm had gone through some trouble in purchasing the land that was adjacent to his property. He was later informed that another party had purchased the land and had completed two severances on the property adjacent to his. Upon hearing this news, Mr. Chisholm decided to scrutinize the property line between his property and the severed land. This led to Mr. Chisholm to sue Mr. Watson for negligence.

The judge in this case ruled in favour of the defendant. Coming to this decision on the basis that the plaintiff could not prove that the defendant was negligent in anyway. The judge stated that Mr. Watson did not attempt to minimize or exaggerate his evidence and proved to follow the surveyors act and fulfilled his duties of a professional land surveyor.  

From this case a professional Land Surveyor could takeaway the importance of doing extensive research , being thorough while conducting a survey and providing an educated conclusion of the results.

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