In Centurion Apartment Properties Limited Partnership v Sorensen Trilogy Engineering Ltd., 2024 BCCA 25 (“Centurion”), the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled that an owner could pursue a negligence claim against an engineer, even without a direct contractual relationship between them. The Court found that despite the “contractual matrix” not directly linking Sorensen (the engineer) and the building owner, Sorensen still had a duty to the owner to exercise reasonable care in creating a design free from dangerous defects. Later, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal this decision. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4gsCvKI Written by Jeremy Ellergodt and Xavière Schneider Schneider #whitelaw #negligence #contracts #legal
