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Trusts 2025 BCSC 1595

Mand v. Cheema

The court held an oral trust was created in 1996 over the Surrey property, rejected limitation and laches defences, and found later trust documents did not defeat the plaintiffs’ interests.

  • Declaration of trust
  • Conditions precedent and subsequent
  • Trustee duties and accounting
  • Equitable compensation
  • Partition and sale under partition of property act
  • Laches and limitation defences
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Real property 2024 BCSC 531

Rana v. Ali

The court found the parties were 50/50 tenants in common in the Langley property, ordered a sale under the Partition of Property Act, and directed an accounting of contributions.

  • Resulting trust
  • Indefeasible title
  • Unconscionability
  • Duress
  • Tenants in common
  • Co-covenantor liability
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Property law 2023 BCSC 369

Jenor Steel Incorporated v. 466372 B.C. Ltd.

The court approved a court-ordered sale of jointly owned property with vacant possession, finding the tenant’s interest and a later lease did not justify blocking sale.

  • Order for sale
  • Vacant possession
  • Partition of property act s.6
  • Court-ordered sale process
  • Possession/writ of possession
  • Estoppel/tenant rights
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Civil procedure 2020 BCSC 14

Wigen v. Wigen

A review of a costs assessment after a partition sale was dismissed. The court held Tariff Item 43 did not justify payment for the petitioners’ own marketing efforts.

  • Costs assessment
  • Tariff item 43
  • Conduct of sale
  • Consent orders
  • Waiver
  • Rule 13-2(22)
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Family law 2015 BCSC 2228

J.S. v. J.D.

The court permitted the children’s relocation to Nelson, imputed the respondent’s income for child support, ordered a lump sum support payment, and ordered partition and sale of jointly held property.

  • Relocation of children
  • Best interests of the child
  • Imputation of income
  • Lump sum child support
  • Partition and sale
  • Constructive trust claim
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Property law 2012 BCSC 1760

Hedrick v. Graham

The court dismissed a lien claim under the Property Law Act and ordered partition and sale of co-owned land, making equitable adjustments for contributions, advances, and disputed building-line funds.

  • Lien under property law act ss.13-14
  • Order for sale under partition of property act
  • Accounting between co-owners
  • Allocation of mortgage advances
  • Misappropriation of mortgage/building line funds
  • Property-law-act
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Bankruptcy 2006 BCSC 1242

Exelby & Partners Ltd. & Norquay v. Norquay

The court refused an immediate partition and sale order for the former matrimonial home and instead directed a registrar inquiry into the property and bankruptcy estate.

  • Partition and sale of matrimonial home
  • Trustee's vested property rights
  • Exempt property (pension/locked-in rrsp)
  • Court's discretion to order inquiries under partition of property act s.4(2)
  • Interaction of family relations act and bankruptcy and insolvency act
  • Registrar reference
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