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Family law 2023 BCSC 1642

Zaepernick v. Sayani et al

The court varied a family-law preservation order to permit the sale of Ocean Place, with net proceeds held in trust, and denied the claimant's rental request.

  • Preservation order (s.91 family law act)
  • Variation of interlocutory orders
  • Cohabitation agreement
  • Exclusive occupancy and rental of property
  • Certificates of pending litigation (cpl)
  • Trust of sale proceeds
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Property law 2022 NSSC 152

Halifax Regional Municipality v. Rhyno

The deed granted an express easement over Parcel B for public pedestrian use and HRM vehicular access which has not been lawfully extinguished by erosion or changes to the high-water mark; the respondent unlawfully blocked the easement and the court will grant injunctive relief ordering immediate reopening and permitting of access, with authority for the applicant to remove impediments and recover reasonable expenses if the respondent fails to comply; the court will retain jurisdiction for 90 days to address implementation.

  • Easement
  • Public access
  • High-water mark
  • Injunction
  • Enforcement
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Constitutional law 2020 BCCA 349

Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

A limited interim injunction was granted pending appeal in a constitutional challenge to British Columbia’s Medicare Protection Act, but only for certain medically necessary private surgeries.

  • S.7 security of the person
  • Extra-billing prohibition
  • Enforcement provisions of medicare protection act
  • Wait time benchmarks
  • Canada health act deductions
  • Conflict of interest in private practice
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Corporate law 2019 BCSC 931

McIsaac v. David

Interlocutory oppression-remedy application partly failed and partly succeeded. Most broad relief was refused, but limited orders protected GEAR access and restricted new CPL filings.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Director removal
  • Related‑party transactions
  • Fraudulent conveyance
  • Security for costs
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Insolvency 2018 BCSC 1259

8640025 Canada Inc. (Re)

The court dismissed Dialek’s injunction request to keep Navigata providing network services, holding no fair case was shown against Navigata and damages were adequate.

  • Ccaa vesting orders
  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Stay pending appeal
  • Monitor's claims process
  • Sale of assets
  • Costs
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Corporate law 2018 NSSC 54

Hong v. Lavy

Motion to convert to an action dismissed because the moving party failed to meet the specific content requirements of Rule 6.03(1) and, on the merits, the presumption in favour of proceeding by application applied given the risk of erosion to the applicant’s substantive rights, the predictability and limited hearing length, identifiable witnesses, lack of necessity for trial procedures to assess credibility, and the prejudice, delay and cost conversion would cause.

  • Conversion of application to action
  • Shareholder oppression
  • Motion practice
  • Credibility assessment
  • Timing and tactical motions
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Administrative law 2018 BCSC 474

Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia v. Skylite Building Maintenance Ltd.

The court adjourned the Board’s contempt and injunction hearing, allowed limited further cross-examination, refused broad disclosure, and declined an interim injunction.

  • Statutory injunction s.198(1)(e) workers' compensation act
  • Civil contempt
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Disclosure in contempt proceedings
  • Cross-examination on affidavits
  • Interim injunction
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Municipal law 2018 BCSC 92

Kent (District) v. WeeMedical Dispensary Society

Costs reasons in a municipal injunction petition. The court held the consent costs order required assessment at Scale B and rejected special costs based on pre-litigation conduct.

  • Special costs
  • Consent order interpretation
  • Pre-litigation conduct
  • Abuse of process
  • Costs thrown away
  • Special-costs
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Administrative law 2016 BCCA 215

Cowichan Valley (Regional District) v. Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd.

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to vary a limited stay of injunctions, holding there was no reviewable error in the chambers justice’s balancing of convenience.

  • Stay pending appeal
  • Injunctions
  • Zoning bylaw interpretation
  • Undertaking and security
  • Fresh evidence
  • Balance of convenience
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Corporate law 2016 BCCA 193

Jaguar Financial Corporation v. Alternative Earth Resources Inc.

British Columbia Court of Appeal allowed AER’s appeals, set aside oppression and injunction orders, and held the challenged transaction did not justify relief under the BCA.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Director conflicts of interest
  • Shareholder approval and special resolution
  • Disclosure obligations (tsxv/national policy)
  • Business judgment rule
  • Proxy contest and spending restrictions
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