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Civil procedure 2025 BCCA 443

1163499 B.C. Ltd. v. Yao

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that ordinary service was sufficient, the Miracle Feeds test applied, and no reversible error was shown.

  • Setting aside default judgment
  • Miracle feeds test
  • Reconsideration under rule 22-1(3)
  • Ordinary service vs actual notice
  • Inherent jurisdiction to set aside judgments
  • Standard of review (palpable and overriding error)
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Civil procedure 2025 BCCA 373

Portnov v. Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

The Court of Appeal refused to extend time to appeal a chambers decision about default judgment, finding the delay, lack of notice, and limited merit weighed against relief.

  • Extension of time
  • Rule 3-8 default judgment
  • Service of process
  • Application to strike
  • Extension-of-time
  • Default-judgment
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Family law 2025 BCSC 1712

Lisenko v. Zamor

The court granted a divorce, found the spouses separated on March 6, 2022, divided net sale proceeds of the family home 65/35, and awarded lump sum spousal support.

  • Separation date
  • Equalization of family property
  • Family debt (loan)
  • Imputation of income
  • Lump sum spousal support
  • Order for sale of family home
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Tax law 2025 TCC 97

Washington v. The King

The Tax Court ordered the appellants to attend discovery in Vancouver, granted $35,000 security for costs, and awarded the respondent $700 in costs.

  • Security for costs
  • Examinations for discovery
  • Residency
  • Costs awards
  • Timetable orders
  • Security-for-costs
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Civil procedure 2025 BCSC 128

Murphy v. Snippa

The court dismissed an application to strike the defendants’ jury notice, holding that pandemic rules left no real election to make until a new trial was set.

  • Notice of trial by jury
  • Election for mode of trial
  • Rule 12-6 (temporary amendment)
  • Covid-19 suspension of jury trials
  • Jury-trials
  • Civil-procedure
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Military justice 2024 CMAC 7

R. v. Houde

The Court Martial Appeal Court refused an application to exceed the 30-page factum limit, finding the appellant had not shown why extra pages were necessary.

  • Page limits for factum
  • Extension of time
  • Memorandum of fact and law
  • Procedural onus
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Factum-page-limits
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 522

Gill v. Gill

Summary trial application dismissed in a judgment-enforcement dispute; the court found conflicting evidence on alleged payments required a conventional trial.

  • Limitation act (10 year rule)
  • Acknowledgement of liability and restart of limitation period
  • Payment as full and final settlement
  • Subpoena to debtor process and court orders
  • Summary trial suitability
  • Summary-trial
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Civil procedure 2022 BCSC 1928

Youth Kabaddi Club v. Rana

The Supreme Court of British Columbia set aside a summary trial judgment after finding the defendant’s non-appearance was not wilful and his defence merited investigation.

  • Summary trial
  • Default judgment
  • Service by email
  • Setting aside judgment
  • Security for costs
  • Costs
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 1480

Berthin v. Berthin

The court dismissed an application for additional special costs arising from a rejected settlement offer, holding that Rule 14-1(19) did not authorize punitive double special costs.

  • Special costs
  • Offer to settle
  • Assessment by registrar
  • Rule 14-1(19)
  • Special-costs
  • Offer-to-settle
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Civil procedure 2021 BCCA 288

Chamberlin v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

The Court of Appeal dismissed Chamberlin’s applications, upheld orders setting aside irregular filings, and refused no-fee status because the appeal lacked merit.

  • Striking irregular filings
  • Adding parties
  • No fee status
  • Set aside documents
  • Discovery on appeal
  • Procedural regularization
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