What is the standard of care a strata council must meet when maintaining and repairing common property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tepper v The Owners, Strata Plan 785, 2018 BCSC 223 (CanLII):
In Leclerc v. The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 614, 2012 BCSC 74, N. Brown J. noted the following standard of care that strata councils are held to when maintaining and repairing common property:
In Weir v. Owners, Strata Plan NW 17, 2010 BCSC 784, Josephson J. neatly summarized the relevant legal principles regarding the duty of a strata corporation to repair and maintain common property:
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