Is a breach of the BC Building Code sufficient to be a cause of action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tavra v Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation, 2020 BCSC 105 (CanLII):
In any case, the mere breach of a Building Code is, in and of itself, an insufficient basis upon which to establish negligence; see, for example Wright v. McArthur, 2005 BCSC 1797 at para. 16.
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