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Seller Conceals Truth and is Found Liable for Misrepresentation

Seller Conceals Truth and is found Liable for Faulty Disclosure Statement By Brian Madigan LL.B. The case of Cutts vs. Okipnik is another Disclosure case. The action was tried in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba. The purchasers claimed that the vendor fraudulently or negligentyly misrepresented the condition of the property at the time [...]

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Active Concealment of Damage Eliminates “Caveat Emptor”

Answering “Unknown” is Active Concealment in Disclosure Document By Brian Madigan LL.B. Mr. and Mrs. Whaley purchased a small house from the vendors Mr. and Mrs. Dennis in 2002 . The property was located in the Niagara Peninsula and was intended to be the retirement home of the purchasers. The case of Whaley vs. Dennis [...]

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