Is a disclosure statement incorporated into a contract a representation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kiraly v. Fuchs, 2009 BCSC 654 (CanLII):
There is no dispute that when a disclosure statement is incorporated into a contract, it becomes a representation. It may be a representation upon which a purchaser can rely: Ward v. Smith, 2001 BCSC 1366, 45 R.P.R. (3d) 154, at para. 31.
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