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Contract law 2025 BCSC 848

Abdul-Ahad v. Challa

The court held the clinic company breached the head lease by vacating and closing the clinic, awarded KJPL partial damages, and dismissed an oppression petition.

  • Lease termination
  • Sublease and implied terms
  • Renewal option
  • Hold harmless / indemnity clause
  • Mitigation of damages
  • Characterization of payments (loan vs subsidy)
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Contract law 2025 ONCA 54

Royal Bank of Canada v. Peace Bridge Duty Free Inc.

Section 18.07 created an obligation to consult and negotiate in good faith about rent adjustments but did not supply an ascertainable mechanism permitting the court to unilaterally determine and impose a specific rent abatement; absent agreed benchmarks or a clear objective formula the court will not rewrite the contract or imply terms to set rent, and the motion judge did not err in finding no breach of good faith by the Landlord and in declining to impose a judicial rent adjustment.

  • Lease interpretation
  • Factual matrix
  • Good faith performance
  • Rent abatement
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Negotiation dynamics
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Contract law 2024 BCCA 316

Parker Cove Properties Limited Partnership v. Gerow

The Court of Appeal held that failure to obey a wildfire evacuation order breached the subleases but was not a fundamental breach. It reduced costs from Scale C to Scale B.

  • Fundamental breach
  • Repudiation
  • Termination of lease
  • Pleading requirements
  • Summary trial
  • Special costs
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Contract 2023 BCSC 2220

Malik v. Eagle Mountain Farms Ltd.

The court granted summary judgment for repayment of the loan, holding that equitable set-off was not available because the loan and lease claims were not sufficiently connected.

  • Loan agreement
  • Guarantee
  • Equitable set-off
  • Parol evidence rule
  • Summary trial suitability
  • Costs
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Contract law 2023 BCSC 1395

North Root Cannabis Ltd. v. 663466 B.C. Ltd.

The court dismissed a summary trial application over a cannabis retail lease, finding credibility conflicts and unresolved issues about a condition precedent and alleged regulatory misrepresentation.

  • Formation of contract
  • Conditions precedent
  • Misrepresentation
  • Duty of good faith
  • Summary trial suitability
  • Specific performance
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Civil contempt 2022 BCCA 393

Airside Event Spaces Inc. v. Langley (Township)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a contempt application, holding that non-payment of rent was a condition of a stay order, not an independent contempt obligation.

  • Stay of execution
  • Breach of condition
  • Contempt of court
  • Relief from forfeiture
  • Vacatur of stay
  • Sanctions
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Contract law 2022 BCSC 1103

Cardero Coal Ltd. v. Carbon Creek Partnership

The court enforced contractual costs indemnities, awarded Cardero Scale C costs on the JVA counterclaim with double costs after August 19, 2021, and ordered equal trial-time allocation.

  • Contractual costs indemnity
  • Scope of pleadings
  • Offer to settle and rule 9-1 consequences
  • Scale of costs (a/b/c)
  • Substantial success test
  • Counterclaim costs treatment
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Contract law 2021 BCCA 430

Chhina v. Rebecca L. Darnell Law Corporation

The Court of Appeal upheld the finding of a binding agreement to sell a law practice, but set aside a punitive damages award and sent it back for reassessment.

  • Contract formation
  • Meeting of the minds
  • Anticipatory breach
  • Specific performance
  • Punitive damages
  • Special costs vs punitive damages
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Corporate law 2021 BCSC 994

Short v. Ewachniuk

The court held the parties’ marina business was governed by corporate law, found oppressive conduct by Mr. Ewachniuk, and ordered his estate to buy out Mr. Short’s RBYS shares.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Winding-up/liquidation
  • Share valuation
  • Partnership vs corporation
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Banking authority
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Contract law 2020 BCSC 107

Great Corner Stone Ltd. v. Vancouver Cabinets Inc.

An exclusive countertop subcontracting dispute turned on contract interpretation, material purchasing, breach, settlement effects, mitigation, and lease overholding.

  • Breach of contract
  • Repudiation
  • Contract interpretation
  • Damages assessment
  • Mitigation of loss
  • Good faith in contractual performance
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