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Property law 2025 BCSC 2159

Pakravan v. Equitable Bank

The court ordered discharge of Equitable Bank’s mortgage after finding the petitioners reasonably relied on the bank’s payout statement and, alternatively, that the bank breached trust.

  • Mortgage discharge
  • Estoppel
  • Breach of trust
  • Pay-out statement reliance
  • Solicitor's undertaking
  • Costs
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Family law 2014 BCSC 119

Campbell v. Cindrich

Legal Profession Act bill review of a law firm account. The Master reduced fees for duplication and delay, ordered a refund, issued a certificate, and awarded costs.

  • Fee assessment
  • Account review under lpa s.71
  • Lawyer as witness / advocate-witness rule
  • Section 15 custody and access report (fra)
  • Refund certificate (s.73 lpa)
  • Costs assessment (s.72 lpa)
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Legal profession / professional conduct 2010 BCSC 1341

Darnell & Company Law Office v. Shawe

Registrar Sainty held the law firm was estopped from charging contractual interest on unpaid accounts because it repeatedly stated a fixed balance owing without disclosing accruing interest.

  • Fee dispute
  • Retainer agreement
  • Estoppel by representation/silence
  • Pre-judgment interest
  • Trust funds
  • Duty of disclosure
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Family law 2005 BCSC 937

Loxterkamp v. Cluff

Appeal from a review of a solicitor’s accounts dismissed. The court upheld a $5,000 reduction for counsel’s judgment in facilitating a client company without written caution.

  • Review of lawyers' accounts
  • Incorporation of client company
  • Duty to warn client
  • Standard of review: clearly wrong
  • Section 71 legal profession act
  • Solicitors-accounts-review
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