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Property law 2013 BCSC 839

Yoho Investments Ltd. v. Glacier Park Lodge Ltd.

The court held there was a bona fide triable issue about lease renewal and set the entire matter down for trial, staying the respondents’ competing application.

  • Lease renewal
  • Forfeiture
  • Proprietary estoppel
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Receiver appointment
  • Title charges
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Civil procedure 2005 BCSC 1050

Promore Developments v. Fogg N' Suds Realty

The court allowed the appeal from a dismissal for want of prosecution, holding that although delay was inordinate and inexcusable, prejudice was not proved.

  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Limitation period
  • Mitigation
  • Guarantee
  • Prejudice
  • Re-hearing
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Property law 2002 BCCA 289

Babine Investments Ltd. v. Prince George Shopping Centre Ltd.

The Court of Appeal considered whether an implied easement arose over a former lane and parking area. The majority allowed the appeal in part and declared a lane easement.

  • Derogation from grant
  • Implied easement (wheeldon v. burrows)
  • Land transfer form act / land title act
  • Torrens system compatibility
  • Irrevocable licence
  • Proprietary estoppel
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Sale [1995] 2 SCR 187

Mitsui & Co. (Canada) Ltd. v. Royal Bank of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada held that leases with options to purchase at fair market value fell within Nova Scotia’s Conditional Sales Act and had to be registered.

  • Conditional sales act
  • Option to purchase
  • Registration and priority
  • True lease vs conditional sale
  • Receiver appointment
  • Conditional-sales
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Property law (1912) 46 SCR 101

City of Saint John v. Gordon / City of Saint John v. Quinlan

The Supreme Court of Canada held that compensation under the lease covered piling and filling used as foundations for buildings existing at lease expiry, but not works intended for future buildings.

  • Covenant interpretation
  • Compensation for improvements
  • Foundations and substructure
  • Res judicata
  • Remittal to appraisers
  • Lease-covenant-interpretation
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Property law (1899) 30 SCR 14

Jamieson v. London and Canadian Loan and Agency Co.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a lessor’s consent to a mortgage assignment included the ordinary incidents of the mortgage, including release of the debt and reconveyance.

  • Assignment of lease
  • Mortgage discharge
  • Lessor's consent
  • Reconveyance
  • Abandonment of security
  • Mortgage-discharge
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Property law (1897) 27 SCR 435

Jameson v. London and Canadian Loan and Agency Co.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a mortgage of leasehold premises conveyed the whole lease term as an assignment, not a sub-lease, and allowed the appeal.

  • Assignment vs sub-lease
  • Construction of mortgage deed
  • Repugnancy
  • Renewal covenants
  • Reservation of reversion
  • Interpretation of habendum
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Property law (1895) 24 SCR 385

Clinch v. Pernette

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a life lease marked “renewable forever” gave a perpetual right of renewal, but further renewals were forfeited for non-compliance.

  • Renewal of lease for lives
  • Construction of habendum 'renewable for ever'
  • Forfeiture for non-payment of renewal fines
  • Effect of endorsements/counterparts
  • Notice and protection under registry act
  • Lease-renewal
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