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Corporate law 2025 BCSC 1955

Mirage Trading Corporation v. Ghahroud

The court found oppression in Teknocan’s affairs, ordered a buyout of Mirage’s shares, continued injunction relief, appointed an interim receiver, and awarded special costs.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Buyout valuation
  • Interim receiver appointment
  • Special costs
  • Audited financial statements
  • Document production disputes
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Administrative law 2024 NSCA 93

Nova Scotia (Embalmers and Funeral Directors) v. Curry

Section 32C(1) of the EFDA does not impose a personal statutory duty on a licensed funeral director to verify the identity of remains prior to cremation because the provision applies to holders of a funeral home licence, not individual funeral directors; the Board erred in applying s.32C(1) to Curry and the hearing judge did not err in his construction or in the costs award, which the Court adjusted to $2,000 inclusive of disbursements.

  • Statutory duty
  • Interpretation of statute
  • Professional misconduct
  • Standard of review
  • Costs discretion
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Family law 2024 BCCA 167

McGroarty v. McGroarty

The Court of Appeal allowed a security-for-costs motion in a family-law appeal, ordering the appellant to post $2,500 and staying the appeal until payment.

  • Security for costs
  • Parenting time enforcement
  • Child support
  • Costs recovery
  • Timeliness of applications
  • Security-for-costs
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Family law 2023 NSCA 19

Wintrup v. Adams

The Court dismissed the appeals because the trial judge applied correct legal principles and his discretionary factual findings (credibility, classification of assets, unequal division under s.13 of the Matrimonial Property Act due to the appellant's surreptitious withdrawal of $200,000, denial of spousal support given the short non-integrated marriage and appellant's financial independence, and approval of remote testimony under the Rules and inherent jurisdiction in pandemic conditions) were entitled to deference; unjust enrichment claims were unnecessary where the Act governed, valuation w…

  • Unequal division of matrimonial property
  • Spousal support (compensatory and non-compensatory)
  • Unjust enrichment/constructive trust
  • Trial testimony by video-conference
  • Costs awards
  • Asset valuation
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Corporate law 2020 YKCA 9

Carlock v. ExxonMobil Canada Holdings ULC

The Yukon Court of Appeal held that dissenting shareholders are not immune from costs on appeal under s. 193(11)(b) of the YBCA. The appellant received costs on Scale 2.

  • Dissenting shareholders
  • Fair value appraisal
  • Costs awards on appeal
  • Yukon business corporations act s.193
  • Dissenting-shareholders
  • Appeal-costs
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Administrative law 2020 FCA 7

Figueroa v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The appeal is dismissed because the Federal Court did not commit a reviewable error: the judge permissibly dismissed the judicial review for failure to post security for costs after remittal, written representations were appropriate, there was no procedural unfairness in service or timing, the appellant provided no viable explanation or evidence of inability to comply, and no palpable and overriding error or error of law was shown.

  • Security for costs
  • Judicial review
  • Remittal/redetermination
  • Standard of review
  • Service validation
  • Written vs oral representations
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Family law 2019 NSCA 37

MacQuarrie v. MacQuarrie

The trial judge committed legal error by failing to account for the application of an otherwise exempt inheritance, paid to the bankruptcy trustee, to joint matrimonial debts when calculating matrimonial property division; that omission requires remittal to the Supreme Court for re-determination. The spousal support award was upheld because the trial judge applied correct legal principles and did not commit a palpable and overriding error.

  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Valuation of assets
  • Treatment of inheritance in bankruptcy
  • Section 7 child support guidelines (extraordinary expenses)
  • Spousal support determination
  • Costs procedure
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Family law 2017 ONCA 246

Schulstad v. Schulstad

Because the final quantum of reduced spousal support and insurance benefits remains to be determined by an application judge, those unsettled substantive issues constitute 'unusual circumstances' justifying departure from the usual rule; the Court set aside the application judge's costs order but reserved costs of the application below and any further application to the application judge, and awarded the appellant costs of the appeal in the amount of $13,000.

  • Spousal support reduction
  • Insurance benefits
  • Costs on appeal
  • Remittal
  • Offers to settle
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Income tax act 2016 TCC 291

Pirart v. The Queen

Costs were refused because the applicant achieved divided success and his conduct and late admissions unnecessarily lengthened the proceedings; his settlement offer was untimely and contained conditions that could not legally be accepted, so it did not justify awarding costs.

  • Costs awards
  • Reconsideration
  • Unreported income from illicit activity
  • Gross negligence penalties
  • Settlement offers
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Elder law 2016 BCSC 2252

Uragi (Re)

The court decided costs after a committeeship petition under the Patients Property Act, finding the petitioners acted in good faith and allocating costs accordingly.

  • Committeeship
  • Patients property act s.27
  • Appointment of committee
  • Powers of attorney
  • Representation agreements
  • Costs awards (special vs tariff)
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