B.C. Appeal Court: Lower court ruling on construction liability ‘unsatisfactory, if not unjust’

By Ian Burns ( July 31, 2018, 9:22 AM EDT) -- The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled the builder of a home that had a number of defects was still liable for repair costs despite the property’s ownership changing hands and the previous owner paying for the repairs, a decision the plaintiff’s lawyer says is important as it illustrates that a wrongdoer should not be able to “get off the hook” for carelessness due to a transaction that look place after the wrong occurred....