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Contract law 2025 BCSC 585

Forseed Haro Holdings Ltd. v. Bank of Montreal

The Court dismissed Forseed’s claim that the Bank wrongly seized pledged funds, holding the GICs were proceeds of the pledged account and that estoppel barred the challenge.

  • Pledge of cash collateral
  • Gics as proceeds
  • Attachment and perfection (ppsa)
  • Discharge of guarantor
  • Estoppel by convention
  • Appropriation and set-off
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Property law 2016 SCC 19

Heritage Capital Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co.

The Supreme Court held that historic-resource incentive payments did not run with the land, were not sold in the judicial sale, and remain subject to the PPSA.

  • Positive covenants
  • Running with the land
  • Historical resources act s.29
  • Judicial sale
  • Ppsa priority
  • Chose in action
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Bankruptcy and insolvency 2015 BCCA 99

Contech Enterprises Ltd. v. Vegherb, LLC

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, holding the license was a PPSA security agreement and Vegherb had a perfected PMSI. The proposal's classification and extinguishment terms were unfair.

  • Proposal approval under bia s.59(2)
  • Security interest characterization under ppsa
  • Purchase money security interest (pmsi) priority
  • Classification of creditors/commonality of interest
  • Termination of license vs. ppsa remedies
  • Application of re giffen
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Personal property security law 2013 BCSC 1715

CFI Trust v. Royal Bank of Canada

The court held that RBC had priority under a written priority agreement, and alternatively was protected for cheque deposits under PPSA s. 31(3).

  • Priority agreement interpretation
  • Ppsa s.31 purchaser for value
  • Reinstatement of security registration
  • Knowing receipt
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Tracing of proceeds
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Secured transactions 2011 BCSC 578

AGT Financial Corporation v. Ellake Services Limited

The court held that AGT’s security interest in YGC shares did not outrank the respondents’ interests. The respondents were perfected in Yukon, and AGT had imputed knowledge of the prior security.

  • Perfection of security interests
  • Possession versus registration
  • Priority rules (ppsa s.35)
  • Constructive knowledge and attribution (ppsa s.1(2)(c) and s.31)
  • Jurisdiction for perfection (ppsa ss.5 and 7)
  • Secured-transactions
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Commercial law 2010 SCC 47

Bank of Montreal v. Innovation Credit Union

The Supreme Court held that a prior unregistered PPSA security interest had priority over a later Bank Act security interest in the same collateral.

  • Priority disputes
  • Bank act security
  • Ppsa security
  • Perfection and registration
  • Nemo dat rule
  • Federal-provincial legislative interaction
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Personal property security law 2010 BCSC 1229

Jacobs v. Laumaillet

The court resolved priority disputes over a vessel among two secured creditors and a garage keeper, rejected the garage lien, and upheld the earlier registered security interest.

  • Priority of security interests
  • Garage keeper's lien
  • Seizure and sale of collateral
  • Consumer goods protections (ppsa s.58)
  • Contractual entitlement to legal costs
  • Priority-of-security-interests
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Property law 2006 BCSC 1416

Pippet et al v. Absolute Bailiffs Inc.

The court found Absolute Bailiffs had no valid security interest and held the 2004 seizure of the Lincoln was conversion, awarding nominal damages and rental-car costs.

  • Conversion
  • Distress under rent distress act
  • Registration of security interest
  • Consideration and enforceability of agreements
  • Limitation period
  • Trespass to goods
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Motor vehicle law 2006 BCCA 217

Yeung (Guardian ad litem of) v. Au

The Court of Appeal held that a lease with an option to purchase is not a true conditional sale under s. 86(3) of the Motor Vehicle Act.

  • Interpretation of s.86 motor vehicle act
  • Definition of contract of conditional sale
  • Effect of repeal of sale of goods on condition act
  • Ppsa scope
  • Choice of law (lex loci delicti)
  • Lease with option to purchase vs conditional sale
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Contract law 2004 BCSC 602

Skagen v. CIBC

Court set aside a consent judgment and release of pledged accounts after finding the bank’s release of a co-guarantor repudiated the settlement agreement.

  • Repudiation
  • Consent judgment
  • Security interest
  • Sr&ed grant
  • Forbearance
  • Set aside judgment
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