An Ontario real estate agent has escaped responsibility for failing to review the results of a professional home inspection with his purchaser client, according to a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal earlier this year.
In a 2011 case, which sent shock waves through the real estate community, a real estate agent was ruled 25 per cent responsible for the buyer’s damages for taking a “hands-off approach” with respect to the home inspection, and because he failed to warn his client about the implications of the home inspector’s report.