What is the standard for reasonable use of a commercial premises?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Owens v Steveston Waterfront Properties Inc., 2019 BCSC 746 (CanLII):

“The standard is reasonableness and occupiers are not expected to achieve perfection, nor are they meant to act as insurers to those who get injured on their premises”: Khoury v. Vancouver (City), 2015 BCSC 805 at para. 42.

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