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Property law 2024 BCSC 1072

Abel v. Harlton

Boundary dispute between ŃĐŸŃĐ”ĐŽĐœĐžĐ” property owners in Victoria: the court held the defendant bears the shortfall, admitted survey evidence, and granted a limited easement with compensation.

  • Boundary dispute
  • Indefeasible title
  • Nemo dat quod non habet
  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Easement under property law act s.36
  • Misdescription of boundaries
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Property law 2020 BCSC 654

Richter v. Stratton

The court held that a long-standing rear-deck access arrangement supported a proprietary estoppel claim, granted reciprocal easements, and ordered an injunction and registration.

  • Easement
  • Proprietary estoppel
  • Restrictive covenant
  • Injunction
  • Indefeasibility and fraud under land title act
  • Strata limited common property
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Property law 2012 BCCA 123

Phillips v. Keefe

Court of Appeal upheld the boundary declaration and compensatory trespass damages, but set aside punitive damages after finding the fence dispute was resolved by survey evidence and settled possession.

  • Surveyors' hierarchy of evidence
  • Land title act s.23(2)(h)
  • Land title act s.24 (prescription)
  • Onus and standard of proof in boundary disputes
  • Principled exception to hearsay
  • Punitive damages
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Property law 2006 BCSC 868

Thomson v. Eadie et al

The court held Island No. 2 was not proved to be part of Thomson’s title, upheld the Eadies’ earlier registered title, denied LTIA relief, and dismissed compensation claims.

  • Indefeasible title
  • Land title inquiry act
  • Priority of registered titles
  • Survey evidence
  • Compensation/assurance fund
  • Proprietary estoppel
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Property law 2003 BCSC 606

White v. Fisher-Banville

The court granted rectification of a right of way and easement to include a paved turnaround, finding the instrument did not reflect the parties’ intention and the purchasers lacked notice.

  • Easement
  • Rectification
  • Bona fide purchaser for value without notice
  • Notice
  • Right of way
  • Modification under property law act s.35
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Property law 2002 BCCA 239

Banville v. White

La Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique a jugĂ© que l’art. 35 ne permettait pas Ă  l’ayant droit dominant d’étendre une servitude; le rectificatif a Ă©tĂ© renvoyĂ©.

  • Rectification of title
  • Modification of easement under statute (property law act s.35)
  • Parking and stopping on easement
  • Constructive notice
  • Abolition of prescription (land title act s.24)
  • Easements
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Property law 2001 BCSC 744

Fraser Valley Credit Union v. Siba

The court held that promissory estoppel did not apply, but ordered Fraser Valley’s mortgage to rank ahead of Household’s on the basis of unjust enrichment.

  • Priority of mortgages
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Representative estoppel
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Priority agreements
  • Unjust-enrichment
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Property law 2000 BCCA 525

Skeetchestn Indian Band and Secwepemc Aboriginal Nation v. Registrar of Land Titles, Kamloops

The court dismissed an appeal from the registrar’s refusal to register a certificate of pending litigation based on aboriginal title, holding the claim was not registrable under the Land Title Act.

  • Certificate of pending litigation
  • Lis pendens
  • Registration
  • Indefeasible title
  • Aboriginal title
  • Fiduciary duty
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