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Family law 2025 BCSC 2166

Akerberg v. Cheng

The court severed the spouse-status issue, dismissed an interim-funding request, granted a s. 91 restraint, limited document production, and allowed only a narrow amendment.

  • Spousal status under family law act s.3
  • Interim distribution under s.89
  • Restraint of disposition under s.91
  • Bifurcation/severance of issues
  • Enforceability of cohabitation agreement (duress/unfairness)
  • Amendment of pleadings for tort claims
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Family law 2024 BCSC 447

Hammond v. Holtz

Family law trial on property division, support, and tort claims. The court ordered an unequal division of the Maple Ridge property, found sexual battery, and awarded child support-related lump sums.

  • Cohabitation agreement enforceability
  • Division of family property
  • Significant unfairness under s.95 fla
  • Spousal support entitlement
  • Lump sum child support
  • Section 7 expenses
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Wills and estates 2023 BCSC 1103

Tayelor v. Johnson Estate

Application to dismiss an estate dispute for want of prosecution was denied. The court found the delay inordinate but excusable and insufficiently prejudicial.

  • Want of prosecution
  • Dismissal for delay
  • Revocation of will by marriage
  • Certificate of pending litigation (cpl)
  • Probate and administration
  • Want-of-prosecution
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Family law 2022 BCSC 2524

Sohal v. Dhannu

The court granted the respondent exclusive occupation of the family residence, finding shared use had become impractical and the balance of convenience favoured him.

  • Exclusive occupation
  • Balance of convenience
  • Cohabitation agreement enforcement/variation
  • Conduct orders
  • Police enforcement clause
  • Exclusive-occupation
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Family law 2022 BCSC 306

Priebe v. Baker

The court granted the claimant exclusive occupation of the family residence, finding continued cohabitation impractical and ordering a $60,000 payment and vacant possession dates.

  • Exclusive occupancy
  • Cohabitation agreement
  • Setting aside agreement
  • Practical impossibility
  • Balance of convenience
  • Spousal support waiver
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Family law 2018 BCSC 1115

Doell v. Prentice

The court found an oral agreement to keep property separate, but held equal division would be significantly unfair, ordering an 80/20 split and spousal support.

  • Division of family property
  • Oral cohabitation agreement
  • S.95 family law act significantly unfair analysis
  • Entitlement to spousal support
  • Income imputation
  • Credibility findings
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