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Trusts and equity 2025 BCSC 2414

Wang v. Wang

The court partially struck the defence for disclosure non-compliance and granted limited summary relief on the Hudson Street sale proceeds, preserving set-off issues and leaving damages to be assessed.

  • Breach of trust
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Discovery non-compliance
  • Summary judgment
  • Set-off and equitable set-off
  • Tracing of proceeds
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Contract law 2024 BCSC 2303

Thomson v. A.R. Thomson Group

The court dismissed claims that an oral agreement reinstated Lisa Thomson to ARTG, finding no intention to create legal relations and no certainty of essential terms.

  • Oral contract
  • Agreement to agree
  • Intention to create legal relations
  • Certainty of terms
  • Partnership buyout and reinstatement
  • Ratification
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Corporate/commercial law 2024 BCSC 916

Rajani v. Wescana Properties Inc.

The court ordered liquidation and dissolution of both family companies, dismissed the oppression cross-petition and contempt application, and set detailed sale and distribution terms.

  • Liquidation and dissolution
  • Oppression remedy
  • Shareholder loans
  • Valuation and asset distribution
  • Appointment of brokers
  • Pre-sale contract assignments
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Corporate law 2023 BCCA 352

Weisstock v. Weisstock

Court of Appeal upheld a liquidation order for a family company, holding the just-and-equitable analysis is discretionary and context-specific.

  • Just and equitable winding up
  • Partnership analogy
  • Reasonable expectations
  • Share transfer restrictions
  • Standard of review
  • Just-and-equitable-winding-up
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Estates and trusts 2022 BCCA 401

De Angelis v. Siermy

Appeal dismissed in a family estate dispute. The court upheld findings that no testamentary contract was proven and that unjust enrichment failed despite an error on clean hands.

  • Testamentary contract
  • Breach of contract
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Clean hands doctrine
  • Handwriting/authenticity evidence
  • Credibility findings
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Corporate law 2022 BCCA 387

Callahan v. Callahan

The British Columbia Court of Appeal allowed an appeal and restored Shasta’s liquidation resolutions, finding the minority shareholder’s expectations were not reasonable in context.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Unfair prejudice
  • Reasonable expectations of shareholders
  • Liquidation under s.319 and s.324 bca
  • Shareholder voting rights
  • Shareholder-oppression
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Corporate law 2022 BCSC 209

Weisstock v. Weisstock

The court refused to convert an oppression and just-and-equitable winding-up petition into an action, holding the disputed facts were not yet material enough.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Just and equitable winding up
  • Conversion of petition to action
  • Summary judgment test
  • Quasi‑partnership/partnership analogy
  • Petition-to-action
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Corporate law 2021 BCSC 2348

Petersen v. Hawley

The court found a deadlock between equal-shareholder brothers in a family company and ordered liquidation of Value Equity Ltd., with a 60-day stay and no conversion to action.

  • Liquidation
  • Oppression remedy
  • Deadlock
  • Just and equitable doctrine
  • Conversion of petition to action
  • Corporate-liquidation
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Equity 2021 BCSC 1530

Pirani v. Pirani

Supplemental reasons on remedy and costs in a family-business fiduciary dispute. The court ordered partial disgorgement by constructive trust, stayed the orders pending appeal, and ruled on costs.

  • Disgorgement
  • Constructive trust
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Knowing assistance
  • Causation for remedies
  • Sanderson/bullock costs orders
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Corporate law 2021 BCSC 961

Esposito v. 304768 B.C. Ltd.

The court ordered liquidation and dissolution of two family-owned companies after finding the siblings were deadlocked and equal division was just and equitable.

  • Just and equitable dissolution
  • Oppression remedy
  • Share repurchase vs liquidation
  • Deadlock resolution
  • Interim relief (dividends and reporting)
  • Just-and-equitable-dissolution
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