Sign in
Canada Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Canada Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
3 court collections
Last checked

Canada decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Administrative law 2023 BCSC 1605

Shuster v. Prompton Real Estate Services Inc.

Judicial review of an RTB decision dismissing tenants’ rent-overpayment claim was dismissed; the court held the fixed-term agreement and estoppel reasoning were not patently unreasonable.

  • Rent increases
  • Fixed term tenancy
  • Section 42 rta notice requirements
  • Estoppel
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review (patent unreasonableness)
Read case analysis
Contract law 2021 NSSM 17

Hawa’s Electric Limited v. Elias JeBailey

Adjudicator found outstanding balance calculated from invoices and payments equalled $14,950 (holdback of 10% of $130,000 plus HST) and awarded the Claimant that entitlement net of allowed counterclaim items; defendant's major counterclaim for delay was dismissed because the November 25, 2019 email constituted a representation/waiver estopping the defendant from pursuing delay damages and because the defendant failed to prove other alleged breaches or provide required written notices under the contract; ambiguous contract terms construed against the drafter and limited liability for items not…

  • Payment and holdback
  • Substantial performance
  • Contract interpretation
  • Promissory estoppel/waiver
  • Counterclaim for delay and defects
  • Builders lien/holdback
Read case analysis
Tort 2021 BCSC 1659

Ross v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

The court held the motor vehicle injury claim was statute-barred and dismissed the action, finding no estoppel and no acknowledgment extending limitation.

  • Limitation act (bc)
  • Estoppel by representation
  • Estoppel by convention
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Acknowledgement under s.24
  • Statute-barred claims
Read case analysis
Tax law 2020 FC 690

Canadian Pacific Railway v. Canada

The Federal Court held that CPR’s expert reports were proper responding evidence on subsidies central to the Crown’s estoppel defence and allowed them at trial.

  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Responding vs reply expert reports
  • Subsidies and taxation
  • Onus of proof and case‑splitting
  • Expert-evidence-admissibility
  • Responding-vs-reply-expert-reports
Read case analysis
Contract law 2020 BCSC 422

The UA Full-Time Salaried Officers v. UA of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 170

Summary trial application dismissed in a pension contribution dispute. The court found key credibility conflicts and evidentiary gaps required a conventional trial.

  • Enrolment in pension plan
  • Remittance of pension contributions
  • Promissory estoppel / representation
  • Contract interpretation
  • Rectification
  • Negligent misrepresentation (counterclaim)
Read case analysis
Environmental law 2020 BCSC 402

Bergen Properties Ltd. v. Seasons Management Company Ltd.

The court granted leave to file an amended third party notice, holding the proposed claim had arguable merit and that limitation issues should be decided later.

  • Third party notice (rule 3-5)
  • Indemnity clause
  • Limitation act s.22(5) discretion
  • Estoppel to limit limitation defence
  • Contribution and indemnity under ema
  • Third-party-notice
Read case analysis
Administrative law 2020 BCSC 380

Guevara v. Louie

Judicial review of an RTB possession order was allowed because the arbitrator’s reasons were patently unreasonable, including failures on statutory interpretation, estoppel, and the email evidence.

  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review - patent unreasonableness
  • Termination for repeated late rent
  • Estoppel vs waiver
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Remedy and remittal
Read case analysis
Contract law 2018 BCSC 1067

1061403 B.C. Ltd. v. Canada Willingdon Holdings Ltd.

The court dismissed a summary trial application in a contract dispute over a development permit clause, finding the evidence too conflicted to decide the issues.

  • Condition precedent
  • Fundamental breach
  • Return of deposit
  • Contract interpretation
  • Estoppel by convention
  • Summary trial suitability
Read case analysis
Strata property law 2018 BCSC 780

Jay v. The Owners Strata Plan NW 3353

The court held that Douglas Jay was not a tenant under the Strata Property Act, had no valid assignment to stand for council, and could not rely on estoppel.

  • Eligibility for strata council
  • Definition of tenant and rent
  • Assignment of landlord's rights (s.147, s.148 spa)
  • Statutory notice requirements (s.146 spa)
  • Estoppel by convention
  • Costs (special costs vs. scale b)
Read case analysis
Property law 2017 BCSC 1763

1530 Foster Street Ltd. v. Newmark Projects Ltd.

The court upheld a restrictive parking covenant and dismissed the petition to cancel or modify it under the Property Law Act, finding no uncertainty, obsolescence, or estoppel.

  • Enforceability of restrictive covenant
  • Interpretation and uncertainty
  • Property law act s.35 relief
  • Obsolescence of easement
  • Estoppel by acquiescence
  • Public policy
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Canada decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.