What is the standard of care for a building inspector?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Carson v Kearney, 2016 ONSC 1940 (CanLII):
The standard of care for building inspectors was expressed by Cory J. at Par. 40 in Ingles v. Tutkaluks, supra, as the standard which can be: … expected of an ordinary, reasonable and prudent inspector in the same circumstances. The measure of what constitutes a reasonable inspection will vary depending on the facts of each case, including the likelihood of a known or foreseeable harm, the gravity of that harm, and the burden or cost which would be incurred to prevent the injury….
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