The appellant courier company contracted with the Crown to deliver an envelope containing a land grant to a registry office.
The courier was unaware of the contents or the urgency.
Due to a delay in delivery, the respondent missed a deadline in a separate land sale contract, resulting in pure economic loss.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the courier owed no duty of care to the respondent, as there was no sufficient relationship of proximity and the loss was not reasonably foreseeable.
