What is a patent defect and what is a latent defect?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Franks v Wade, 2011 SKPC 45 (CanLII):
The word “patent” means obvious. Thus, a patent defect is one that is “...apparent and easily discoverable upon inspection” (see Nowasad v. Hanson, 2005 SKQB 233). A latent defect, by contrast, is not “apparent and easily discoverable upon inspection”.
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