Can a specific performance of a property be granted?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Romfo v. 1216393 Ontario Inc., 2007 BCSC 1375 (CanLII):
Specific performance cannot be granted "absent evidence that the property is unique to the extent that its substitute would not be readily available": Semelhago v. Paramadevan, 1996 CanLII 209 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 415, 136 D.L.R. (4th) 1 at para. 22.
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