Does the construction of an unsightly structure and the blocking of views support an action in nuisance?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Suncourt Homes Ltd. v Cloutier, 2019 BCSC 2258 (CanLII):

The construction “of unsightly structures and the blocking of views, while doubtless upsetting to the neighbours, do not alone support an action in nuisance”: Drager v. Lojstrup, 2016 BCSC 1447 at para. 28.

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