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Property law 2025 BCSC 1907

Mountain Ridge Road Users Cooperative Association v. Robson-Raspberry Improvement District

The court dismissed MRRUC’s claim to a continuing easement and allowed RRID’s petition to cancel the expired 1999 easement, finding no necessity, estoppel, or implied permanent right.

  • Easement
  • Easement of necessity
  • Wheeldon v burrows easement
  • Proprietary estoppel
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Good faith negotiation
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Income tax act 2025 TCC 121

Angus v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed Mr. Angus’s appeal, finding his move to Salt Spring Island was primarily for personal reasons and not an eligible relocation.

  • Moving expenses
  • Eligible relocation
  • Deductibility of moving costs
  • Party admission hearsay exception
  • Moving-expenses
  • Eligible-relocation
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Family law 2025 BCSC 1852

M.F.T.J. v. J.F.B.

The court allowed the mother's relocation to Ontario, found a real risk of sexual touching based on the child's disclosures and behaviour, and ordered no parenting time for the father pending further order.

  • Relocation
  • Parenting orders
  • Best interests of the child
  • Hearsay and child disclosures
  • Supervised visitation
  • Allegations of sexual abuse
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Civil contempt 2025 BCSC 574

College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC v. Chik

The court imposed a $20,000 fine for civil contempt of a permanent injunction, awarded special costs excluding the Paladin investigation, and stayed enforcement for two months.

  • Breach of injunction
  • Sanctions and sentencing
  • Special costs
  • Stay pending appeal
  • Admissibility of hearsay
  • Civil-contempt
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Wills and estates 2024 BCSC 1561

Lam v. Law Estate

The court varied a mother’s 2018 will, finding she had favored her son through major lifetime gifts and that the distribution was not adequate, just or equitable.

  • Will variation
  • Testamentary autonomy
  • Inter vivos gifts
  • Hearsay principled approach
  • Distribution of property
  • Will-variation
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Real property 2024 BCSC 1058

1025996 B.C. Ltd. v. Chahal

The plaintiff alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in a blueberry farm purchase, claiming the defendants said 72 acres were planted. The court dismissed the action.

  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Deceit
  • Hearsay/principled approach
  • Adverse inference
  • Discoverability/limitation
  • Exclusionary clause
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Trusts and estates 2023 BCSC 989

Armstrong v. Kotanko

The court dismissed a claim of secret trust and remedial constructive trust over a townhouse and bank account, and awarded occupational rent and utilities to the defendant.

  • Secret trust
  • Remedial constructive trust
  • Express trust - three certainties
  • Occupational rent
  • Admissibility of deceased hearsay
  • Will interpretation
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Family law 2023 BCSC 736

Sahi v. Sahi

The court decided parenting, child support, property division and divorce issues between separated spouses, finding family violence, limiting the claimant’s contact with the child, and allowing the respondent’s excluded property claim.

  • Parenting time
  • Parental responsibilities
  • Best interests of the child
  • Family violence
  • S.211 views of the child report
  • Supervised visits
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Wills and estates 2023 BCSC 466

Rawlins v. Rawlins

Wills variation and unjust enrichment trial. The court upheld equal division of the estate, but awarded the plaintiff $115,000 for caregiving services, less a property-tax adjustment.

  • Will variation
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Constructive trust
  • State of mind hearsay exception
  • Estate administration
  • Wills-variation
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Cohabitation agreement law 2022 BCSC 2217

Paquette v. Wesolowski

Summary trial on a cohabitation dispute over property, a trailer, and alleged partnership. The Court enforced the agreement, rejected a partnership claim, and divided sale proceeds by accounting.

  • Enforceability of cohabitation agreement
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Partnership formation
  • Accounting and contribution
  • Law of property act s.15/17
  • Division of co-owned property
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