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Contract 2025 BCSC 2315

1272851 BC Ltd. v. Onni Colwood Belmont Developments Ltd.

The court dismissed a defendant’s late applications to amend its pleading, file a counterclaim, and adjourn trial in a construction dispute, finding undue delay and prejudice.

  • Leave to amend
  • Counterclaim
  • Adjournment
  • Limitation period
  • Prejudice
  • Discovery
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Civil 2025 BCSC 414

MacAdams v. Grewal

Summary judgment was dismissed because limitation period and res judicata issues could not be resolved without weighing disputed facts.

  • Fraudulent conveyance
  • Res judicata / issue estoppel
  • Discoverability
  • Limitation act s.6 and s.8
  • Legal profession act s.79(6)
  • Summary judgment
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Property law 2024 BCSC 846

Hunter v. Leblond

The court held the respondent held her one-quarter interest in trust for the petitioners, rejected limitation and laches defences, and dismissed the unjust enrichment cross-petition.

  • Resulting trust
  • Constructive trust
  • Limitation period (discoverability)
  • Laches
  • Unjust enrichment and quantum meruit
  • Occupational rent
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1987

Castelli v. Paton

The court declined to dismiss the family law claim on summary trial, found the child support claim time-barred, ordered security for costs, and ordered no costs.

  • Marriage-like relationship
  • Separation date
  • Limitation period
  • Security for costs
  • Summary trial
  • Spousal support
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Contract 2023 BCCA 262

Kang v. Nijjar

The Court of Appeal dismissed appeals about alleged loan repayment and overpayment claims, finding no palpable factual error and no basis to disturb limitation-related findings.

  • Repayment of loan
  • Statute of limitations
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Weight of expert evidence
  • Credibility findings
  • Palpable and overriding error
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Civil 2023 BCCA 46

Raiwal Holdings Ltd. v. Fraser Valley Packers Inc.

Leave to appeal was granted in a foreclosure matter raising an arguable issue about whether debt and mortgage security had different limitation periods.

  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Limitation periods
  • Foreclosure
  • Leave to appeal
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Acknowledgement of debt
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Trusts 2022 BCSC 120

Pinsonneault v. Courtney

The court declared a resulting trust over Lot 3, finding the plaintiff did not intend a gift when she signed notarized transfer documents. The defendants' quantum meruit claim failed.

  • Resulting trust
  • Constructive trust
  • Wrongful procurement
  • Quantum meruit
  • Conversion
  • Power of attorney
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Property 2021 BCSC 2088

Padda v. Lalli

Mortgage foreclosure trial on whether old loans were statute barred. Two estate claims failed; one mortgage claim survived because payments by an authorized agent confirmed the debt.

  • Statute of limitations
  • Confirmation under limitation act s.5
  • Agency and apparent/actual authority
  • Hearsay and reliability
  • Mortgage foreclosure
  • Mortgage-foreclosure
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Trusts 2021 BCSC 1854

Mand v. Cheema

The court granted leave to add Gurdave Kaur Cheema as a defendant and to file an amended notice of civil claim in a trust and tracing dispute.

  • Constructive trust
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Joinder of parties
  • Tracing
  • Disgorgement
  • Limitations defence
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Contract 2021 BCSC 1599

Chow v. Pang

The court found the defendant fraudulently misrepresented a $46,000 transfer meant for a friend in China, ordered payment of principal net of repayments, $16,000 interest, and costs.

  • Loan repayment
  • Demand loan
  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Deceit
  • Prejudgment interest
  • Costs
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