Is Go Ha entitled to specific performance damages for failing to complete option purchase?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Go Ha & Associates Ltd. v 611414 B.C Ltd., 2018 BCSC 2118 (CanLII):

Go Ha also seeks damages in addition to specific performance, as compensation for the costs it incurred due to 611414’s failure to complete the option to purchase: Dhaliwal v. Binepal, 2018 BCSC 1061 at paras. 76-78.

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