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Employment law 2025 BCSC 1493

Lewis v. Aurora Roofing Ltd.

The court held that a shareholders agreement did not require Aurora Roofing Ltd. to keep paying Craig Lewis’s $80,000 salary after his termination, but he was entitled to wrongful dismissal damages.

  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Shareholders agreement
  • Remuneration
  • Damages
  • Non-competition covenant
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 2276

Zhao v. Ai Kang Capital Inc.

The court dismissed strike and privilege-waiver applications, allowed amendments by consent, ordered updated document-verification affidavits, and permitted limited further discovery.

  • Striking pleadings for non-compliance
  • Waiver of solicitor-client privilege (implied waiver)
  • Document production and lists of documents
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Examination for discovery continuation
  • Cross-examination on affidavits
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1568

Aldewood v. Aldewood

Family law trial concerning divorce, equal division of property and debts, treatment of corporate assets and liabilities, and spousal support.

  • Division of family assets
  • Spousal support entitlement
  • Exclusion of property (inheritance)
  • Allocation of corporate liabilities
  • Pension splitting
  • Occupational rent
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1241

Hunter v. Hunter

Application under s. 91 of the Family Law Act granted in part to restrain disposal of Canary shares, specified accounts and $5 million security, but not to freeze corporate decision-making.

  • Restraining orders
  • Temporary orders under s.91 fla
  • Excluded property claims
  • Asset freezing/security
  • Unequal division of family property
  • Disclosure obligations
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Family law 2023 BCCA 349

Small v. Small

Appeal in a family law dispute over shareholder loans, vehicle valuation, income imputation, and spousal support. The Court allowed the appeal in part and varied several orders.

  • Family law act s.86 family debt
  • Shareholder loans
  • Valuation of family business
  • Imputing income under federal child support guidelines
  • Spousal support advisory guidelines and duration
  • Fresh evidence/reopenings
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Employment law 2023 BCSC 224

Zoehner v. Algo Communication Products Ltd.

The court found Doug Zoehner was wrongfully dismissed after Algo sold his division, rejecting abandonment and reducing damages for partial failure to mitigate.

  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Abandonment/repudiation
  • Constructive dismissal
  • Mitigation of damages
  • Notice period
  • Fiduciary duty
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Family law 2023 BCSC 169

Frost v. Osadchuk Estate

Interlocutory family-law applications over disclosure, preservation, company sale, and valuation were partly allowed, with a limited s. 91 order and joint expert valuation ordered.

  • Disclosure (rule 9-1)
  • Preservation orders (s.91 family law act)
  • Interim sale of property (rule 15-8)
  • Business valuation and joint expert (rule 13-4)
  • Addition of parties (rule 8-2)
  • Costs
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Arbitration 2022 BCSC 849

Hawrish v. Hawthorn

The court dismissed a partial stay application under the Arbitration Act, finding the defendants had already attorned to the court and the amended claim was not new.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Arbitration clause enforcement
  • Shareholders' agreement interpretation
  • Oppression remedy
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Injunctions
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Elder law 2021 BCSC 1793

Yu (Re)

The court declared Ms. Yu incapable, appointed the Public Guardian and Trustee as committee of person and estate, and ordered an accounting by the attorneys.

  • Committeeship appointment
  • Declaration of incapacity
  • Termination of enduring power of attorney
  • Fiduciary duties of attorneys
  • Accounting and tracing of assets
  • Co-mingling of assets
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Family law 2021 BCSC 1564

Brown v. Chyplyk

The court dismissed the respondent’s reapportionment and spousal support claims, ordering equal division of the sale proceeds and home equity under the Family Relations Act.

  • Reapportionment under family relations act s.65
  • Equal division under family relations act s.56
  • Retroactive lump sum spousal support under divorce act s.15.2
  • Valuation date for family assets
  • Sale of corporate shares and shareholders agreement
  • Non-competition and termination of employment
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