What is the test for a claim for breach of contract arising out of a statement in a property disclosure statement?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Perzoff v Pringle, 2017 BCSC 1448 (CanLII):

The court also quoted with approval the following passage from Hanslo v. Barry, 2011 BCSC 1624, dealing with a claim for breach of contract arising out of a statement in a property disclosure statement (“PDS” in the following quote):

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