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Tort 2021 BCSC 2574

W.B.J.H. v. Sangha

Damages assessment after a brutal assault, battery, and false imprisonment led to awards for general damages, lost earning capacity, future care, and special damages.

  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Aggravated damages
  • Loss of future earning capacity
  • Cost of future care
  • Special damages
  • Hccra designation
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Defamation 2016 BCSC 1052

Huang v. Silvercorp Metals Inc.

The court refused to adjourn a hearing on the defendant’s application to strike a jury notice, finding no sufficient prejudice and ordering it heard in June.

  • Adjournment of interlocutory application
  • Striking jury notice
  • Prejudice balancing
  • Choice of law for torts occurring abroad
  • Inherent jurisdiction to strike jury
  • Jury-trial-rights
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Defamation 2012 BCSC 1127

Cheal v. Douglass

The court refused to strike or dismiss defamation and false imprisonment claims for failure to provide particulars, but ordered the plaintiff to pay $750 in costs.

  • Particulars
  • Striking pleadings
  • Case plan orders
  • Summary dismissal
  • Unrepresented litigant obligations
  • Defamation
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Limitation act (provincial) 2007 BCSC 1569

Chouinard v. Army & Navy Dept. Store Ltd.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed a false imprisonment and defamation action as time-barred under the Limitation Act and awarded costs to the defendants.

  • Limitation period
  • Postponement of limitations
  • Wilful concealment
  • Fraud/deceit
  • Punitive/exemplary damages
  • Duty to seek legal advice
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