Does a vendor have an obligation to disclose facts related to the subjective considerations of the purchaser rather than the intrinsic quality of the property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wang v Shao, 2018 BCSC 377 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Knight v. Dionne, [2006] QJ No. 3671 (Ct Qu CivD SmCl), the court declined to impose an obligation on vendors to disclose facts related to the subjective considerations of the purchaser rather than the intrinsic quality of the property.
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