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Contract law 2024 YKCA 6

Yukon (Government of) v. Norcope Enterprises Ltd.

The Court of Appeal dismissed Norcope and Intact’s appeals and Yukon’s cross-appeal in a concrete apron defect dispute, upholding liability, damages, bond liability, and costs.

  • Causation
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Damages assessment
  • Betterment
  • Performance bond interpretation
  • Costs
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 595

Sekhon v. McCullagh

The court excluded a functional capacity/cost of future care report and an economist report under s. 5(6) of the Regulation, finding the plaintiff met the statutory criteria.

  • Disbursements and expert evidence regulation s.5(6) and s.5(9)
  • Exclusion of expert reports from statutory disbursement cap
  • Functional capacity evaluation
  • Cost of future care
  • Economist report for loss of earning capacity
  • Settlement privilege / without prejudice communications
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1435

Lux v. Lux

Family law trial on valuation and division of business interests in Simetra and Triquest, with child support recalculated and spousal support dismissed.

  • Valuation date
  • Fair market value of closely held corporations
  • Shareholders' agreement formula vs open market valuation
  • Minority discount
  • Pledge and guarantor effects on value
  • Admissibility of expert stub‑period reports
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Tort 2021 BCSC 1798

Laybolt v. Baylis

The court found the plaintiff suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and whiplash in a 2016 pedestrian accident, awarding $369,671 in damages.

  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Whiplash-associated disorder
  • Causation
  • Damages assessment
  • Special damages
  • Past and future loss of earnings
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Income tax 2021 TCC 36

Logix Data Products Inc. v. The Queen

Appeal dismissed because the Appellant failed to meet its burden to prove SR&ED: the asserted problems were design objectives or solvable by routine engineering known in the field, the testing lacked formulated hypotheses and a methodical scientific procedure, contemporaneous records were inadequate and unreliable, and the Appellant's expert evidence was inadmissible for non‑compliance with the Rules and Code; therefore the expenditures did not qualify as SR&ED.

  • Scientific research and experimental development (sr&ed)
  • Technological uncertainty
  • Admissibility of expert reports
  • Contemporaneous records
  • Costs
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Tort 2019 BCSC 1626

Parmar v. Rink

The court found the driver negligent in a crosswalk collision but held the pedestrian contributorily negligent. Liability was apportioned 75/25 and damages were reduced accordingly.

  • Right of way at crosswalks
  • Duty to keep lookout
  • Contributory negligence
  • Apportionment of fault
  • Assessment of damages
  • Future care costs
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Tort 2018 BCSC 766

Noftle v. Bartosch

Trial judgment awarding damages for chronic pain, loss of earning capacity, future care, pension loss and special damages after a motor vehicle accident.

  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Loss of past and future earning capacity
  • Cost of future care
  • Mitigation
  • Causation of psychiatric injury
  • Weight and admissibility of expert evidence
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Property law 2016 NSCA 2

Gallagher v. Gallagher

The trial judge's factual findings — that the firebreak was a limited-purpose bulldozer swath not agreed to as a boundary, that the respondents' survey and corroborating evidence were preferred, and that adverse possession was not established — were supported by the evidence and correctly applied the law; appellate interference was not warranted, therefore the appeal is dismissed.

  • Boundary line determination
  • Conventional line doctrine
  • Estoppel in boundary disputes
  • Adverse possession requirements
  • Weight and impartiality of expert surveyor evidence
  • Standard of review for appellate courts
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Contract law 2015 ONCA 273

Bruell Contracting Limited v. J. & P. Leveque Bros. Haulage Limited

The Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge's characterization of the contract as a method specification contract, concluding that where the owner specified materials and methods and the contractor complied, the owner retained the risk of performance; the appellate court rejected the trial judge's adverse findings about counsel's improper influence on experts but reduced the full indemnity costs awarded to Leveque by 20% to substantial indemnity.

  • Contract interpretation
  • Warranty (general warranty)
  • Performance vs method specification contracts
  • Causation of construction defects
  • Expert witness instructions and privilege
  • Costs awards and indemnity scales
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