What is the difference between latent and patent defects?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Connolly v. Jones et al., 2014 BCPC 149 (CanLII):
Justice Barrow quoted Madam Justice Balance in Cardwell v. Perthen, 2006 BCSC 333 (affirmed 2007 BCCA 313), on the distinction between latent and patent defects:
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