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Foreclosure 2024 BCSC 1837

Samra Enterprises Inc. v. 1022724 B.C. Ltd.

The court held that a post-vesting redemption could not stand, found the vesting order inoperative after the mortgage discharge and changed title, and set it aside.

  • Vesting order
  • Right of redemption (equity of redemption)
  • Mortgage discharge
  • Priority of mortgages
  • Stay of execution
  • Registration of title
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Property law 2024 BCSC 1702

Ackerman v. Ackerman

The court converted a partition petition into an action and referred it to trial because of conflicting affidavit evidence and a related pending litigation claim.

  • Partition
  • Order for sale
  • Constructive/express trust
  • Claim of pending litigation (cpl)
  • Conversion of petition to action
  • Consolidation of proceedings
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Tort 2023 BCCA 56

Engman v. Canfield

The British Columbia Court of Appeal set aside a negligence finding against a notary, holding the trial judge’s factual causation analysis was speculative.

  • Duty of care
  • Standard of care for notaries
  • Causation (factual and legal)
  • Witnessing signatures
  • Unconscionable bargain
  • Professional standards
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Property law 2017 BCSC 1491

BC Retail Partners (Boitanio Mall) Ltd. v. Overwaitea Food Group

The court held a restrictive covenant valid and enforceable, rejected claims that the petition was premature, and found the covenant expires on October 14, 2027.

  • S.35 property law act
  • Cancellation of restrictive covenant
  • Interpretation of covenants
  • Expiry/renewal of leases and subleases
  • Reinstatement/correction of title
  • Restrictive-covenant
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Property law 2017 BCCA 248

Young v. Beck

Appeal dismissed in a dispute over longstanding driveway access. The Court upheld an equitable easement based on proprietary estoppel and rejected the clean hands argument.

  • Proprietary estoppel
  • Equitable easement
  • Doctrine of clean hands
  • Costs
  • Successors in title
  • Proprietary-estoppel
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Property law 2012 BCSC 153

Suen v. Suen

The court held that Albert Suen held Pender Street in trust for Andy, and that Capstan Way was subject to a resulting trust in Andy’s favour.

  • Resulting trust
  • Constructive trust
  • Presumption of advancement
  • Indefeasible title (land title act s.23(2))
  • Rebuttal of statutory presumption
  • Accounting
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Property law 2009 BCCA 549

V.W.R. Capital Corporation v. Keremelevski

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from an order nisi in foreclosure proceedings, holding the appellant’s trust claim did not engage the Land Title Act fraud exception.

  • Foreclosure
  • Order nisi
  • Indefeasibility of title
  • Fraud exception to indefeasibility
  • Certificate of pending litigation
  • Caveat
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Property law 2009 BCCA 5

Aquadel Golf Course Limited v. Lindell Beach Holiday Resort Ltd.

The Court of Appeal held that the 1978 agreement was positive in substance, not a restrictive covenant, and ordered it cancelled as a charge against Aquadel’s land.

  • Restrictive covenant
  • Positive covenant
  • Cancellation of charge
  • Interpretation of agreement
  • Property law act s.35(2) (alternative ground)
  • Restrictive-covenant
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Real property 2008 BCSC 512

Homewood Mortgage Investments Ltd. v. Lee

The court held that a registered mortgage and assignment were forged, void, and unenforceable against the respondent’s land, ordering the charges discharged.

  • Forgery
  • Mortgage validity
  • Assignment of rents
  • Registration effect under land title act
  • Innocent assignee/registration rebuttable
  • Mortgage-forgery
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Property law 2008 BCSC 258

The Owners, Strata Plan NW 1942 v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW 2050; and The Owners, Strata Plan NW 2050 v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW 1942

The court upheld a shared facilities easement between strata corporations, rejected arguments of invalidity and fiduciary breach, and granted an injunction against interference.

  • Easement
  • Registration and notice
  • Developer fiduciary duty
  • Cancellation of charge under property law act
  • Estoppel/adoption by conduct
  • Strata-law
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