What is a latent defect in a commercial property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Huang v. Dumonceaux, 2022 BCCRT 105 (CanLII):
14. A latent defect is one that a buyer cannot discover through reasonable inspection and includes defects which make the property unfit or dangerous for living. Patent defects can be discovered through inquiry or reasonable inspection. A seller does not have to disclose patent defects to a buyer but cannot actively conceal them (see Cardwell v. Perthen, 2007 BCCA 313).
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