What is the difference between an engineering report and material facts?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Burns v. Kelly Peters & Assoc. Ltd., 1988 CanLII 3095 (BC SC):
To the same effect is the judgment of Pennell J. in April Invt., supra, who also referred to Lyell v. Kennedy and distinguished between an engineering report which was "undoubtedly privileged" and the material facts which were contained in the report.
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