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Duty Calls: BCCA Considers Duty of Care Owed by Structural Consultants to Building Owners

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Centurion Apartment Properties Limited Partnership v Sorenson Trilogy Ltd., 2024 BCCA 25 - The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) recently held that structural consultants have a prima facie duty of care to the owner...more

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Imminence of Harm is Not Required for Recovering Pure Economic Loss for Dangerous Defects

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Lack of “imminent risk” does not bar recovery for economic loss arising from a dangerously defective structure, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently held. Typically, courts are reluctant to award lost profits or other...more

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