Canada Case Law

Toxqui v Hofmann

Court

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

Applied Rule 77 and relevant case law. Allocated preparation/hearing effort across the contested issues (60% parenting — mother successful; 20% retroactive child-care support — father successful; 20% travel — mixed result). Tariff C applied. Rejected solicitor-and-client costs because conduct was not sufficiently reprehensible. Reduced respondent's claimed lump sum proportionally and awarded party-and-party costs under Tariff C: $2,000 plus $860 expert fees (total $2,860) payable by father with staggered monthly payments of $100 from May 1, 2025; respondent must file expert fee invoice within…

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• Variation of parenting order
• Travel with children
• Maintenance enforcement
• Costs assessment
• Self-represented litigant costs
• Tariff c application

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Carlson v. Shay

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

A British Columbia family trial set the parties’ relationship start date, child support, parenting arrangements, s. 7 expenses, and spousal support terms.

• Marriage-like relationship
• Canada pension plan division
• Parenting responsibilities
• Parenting time
• Guidelines income
• Section 7 extraordinary expenses

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Vlek v. Graff

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Family law decision on shared parenting and child support. The court split a s. 15 report cost, set a parenting schedule, imputed income to the mother, and ordered $200 monthly support.

• Shared custody
• Imputed income
• Section 15 report
• Parenting schedule
• Guardianship and decision making
• Section 9 guidelines analysis

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Forough v. Bayard

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Commercial lease and debt dispute: the court awarded the landlord most claimed amounts, struck contractual interest under the Interest Act, and allowed costs.

• Lease enforcement
• Promissory note enforcement
• Nsf charges
• Late payment charges
• Enforceability of interest clauses (interest act)
• Mitigation of damages

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