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Family law 2025 BCSC 442

Vanderstelt v. Musselman

The court declined retroactive private school contributions, set guideline incomes for 2021–2024, reallocated s. 7 expenses proportionately, and kept shared parenting responsibilities.

  • S.7 expenses
  • Retroactive child support
  • Imputed income
  • Extended health benefits access
  • Private school expenses
  • Parenting responsibilities
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Class proceedings 2022 BCSC 1608

Lee v. Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd.

The court dismissed certification of a proposed class action over terminated extended health benefits, finding the pleadings failed to disclose a cause of action, but granted leave to amend.

  • Breach of contract
  • Duty of honest performance
  • Negligent misrepresentation
  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Punitive damages
  • Certification requirements s.4(1)(a)
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Appeal 2021 BCCA 76

Greig v. Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company

Application to hear mootness first was dismissed. The Court said there was little practical utility in a separate preliminary hearing and the discretion to hear a moot appeal may require the merits.

  • Mootness
  • Jurisdiction
  • Punitive damages
  • Aggravated damages
  • Preliminary applications
  • Discretion to hear moot appeals
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Family law 2020 BCSC 312

D.L.T. v. K.K.M.

Supplemental reasons record a consent order requiring the claimant to pay the child’s therapy costs and eliminating any retroactive contribution claim against the respondent.

  • Child therapy costs
  • Section 211 report
  • Parental contribution
  • Consent orders
  • Family-law
  • Child-therapy-costs
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Employment law 2015 ONCA 215

Cavic v. Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.

The Court held that the trial judge's careful and detailed credibility findings rejecting the appellant's explanation were open on the record and not subject to appellate reversal, and that termination was a proportional response to the misconduct; therefore the appeal was dismissed.

  • Termination for cause
  • Credibility findings
  • Proportionality of disciplinary response
  • Costs
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Trusts 2012 BCSC 2256

Trustees of the Healthcare Benefit Trust v. Pearce

The court allowed an appeal from a Master’s order, awarding the plaintiff overpaid LTD benefits, special damages for legal expenses, interest, and costs.

  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Special damages - legal expenses
  • Default judgment consequences
  • Assessment of damages
  • Statutory interest under court order interest act
  • Default-judgment
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Family law 2012 BCSC 1354

Landa-McAuliffe v. Boland

Application in a family proceeding: the court refused a police enforcement clause, ordered the child’s surname changed to Boland-Landa, and clarified disclosure and access terms.

  • Police enforcement order
  • Parens patriae jurisdiction
  • Best interests of the child
  • Hyphenated surname order
  • Forfeiture of access
  • Financial disclosure
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Trusts 2012 BCSC 1235

Trustees of the Healthcare Benefit Trust v. Pearce

On a damages assessment after default judgment, the court awarded repayment of disability overpayments but refused special damages for legal fees.

  • Overpayment recovery
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Default judgment
  • Special damages (legal fees)
  • Estoppel/res judicata
  • Damages assessment
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Employment law 2012 ONCA 61

Brito v. Canac Kitchens

The Court upheld the trial judge's factual finding of total disability based on accepted medical and vocational evidence and absence of contrary expert evidence, rejecting mitigation for inability to work; however punitive damages awarded at trial were set aside because such relief was not pleaded or put in issue.

  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Severance
  • Mitigation of damages
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits
  • Punitive damages
  • Evidentiary burden
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Family law 2011 BCSC 872

Lea v. Lea

The court held that the husband must pay for or reimburse the wife’s Manulife Premiere extended health and dental coverage, as the closest substitute for the prior plan.

  • Spousal support
  • Benefit continuation
  • Medical and dental coverage
  • Divorce order enforcement
  • Pension evaluation (adjourned)
  • Family-law
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