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Administrative law 2017 BCCA 409

A.A.A.M. v. Director of Adoption

The Court of Appeal allowed the Director’s appeal, holding retroactive amendments to the Adoption Act validated the out-of-province placement and required dismissal of the petition.

  • Adoption
  • Judicial review
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Retroactive legislation
  • Ultra vires
  • Judicial-review
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Contract law 2015 BCSC 2443

Zhang v. Cute-Go Novelty Inc.

The court dismissed the plaintiffs’ delay and misrepresentation claims over a laneway-house project, and allowed the defendants’ counterclaim in part, with set-off.

  • Delay damages
  • Liquidated damages/penalty clause
  • Fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation
  • Homeowner protection act
  • Counterclaim and set off
  • Contract interpretation
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Civil procedure 2015 NSCA 109

Bledin v. Royal Bank of Canada

The motions judge properly granted summary judgment because the Bank proved the mortgage's validity and the appellant's default, the appellant failed to adduce evidence to rebut or show a real chance of success for her defence, and there was no evidence of FDMA breach or of disclosure causing economic harm that would defeat the mortgage claim.

  • Summary judgment
  • Default under mortgage
  • Farm debt mediation act s.24(1)
  • Breach of confidence
  • Interference with economic relations
  • Costs
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Civil procedure 2015 NSCA 88

Calvi v. Swinimer

The motion to adjourn without date was dismissed because the appellant failed to provide admissible and sufficiently detailed evidence of incapacity and failed to demonstrate that awaiting the outcome of another case was necessary; she also did not plead a constitutional challenge or show compliance with notification requirements, and such delay would conflict with the Civil Procedure Rules' mandate for just, speedy and inexpensive determination.

  • Adjournment
  • Scheduling
  • Appeals
  • Civil procedure rules
  • Constitutional challenge
  • Notification to attorney general
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Tort 2014 BCSC 704

Hart v. Jacobsen

In a liability-only motor vehicle case, the court found the defendant 100% responsible after he left his car in the northbound lane facing the wrong way without warning traffic.

  • Duty to warn
  • Parking on highway
  • Winter driving standards
  • Agony of collision doctrine
  • Breach of motor vehicle act
  • Motor-vehicle-collision
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Tort 2013 BCSC 654

Radjenovic v. Bains

The court held the taxi driver 100% liable for a Vancouver collision after finding he drove imprudently for the conditions and failed to avoid the exiting car.

  • Liability allocation
  • Duty of care
  • Speed and safe driving
  • Failure to yield
  • Motor vehicle act compliance
  • Motor-vehicle-negligence
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Landlord and tenant 2011 BCSC 956

Shanahan v. Turning Point Restaurant Ltd.,

The court found the landlord wrongfully terminated the lease and locked out the tenant, but the seized business assets belonged to a non-party corporation.

  • Lease termination
  • Forfeiture
  • Distraint
  • Conversion
  • Right of first refusal
  • Damages
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Tort 2010 BCSC 1242

Kruger Products Limited v. First Choice Logistics Inc.

The court found First Choice liable for a warehouse fire caused by paper debris contacting an unwrapped forklift exhaust, and dismissed third party claims.

  • Warehouse receipt act
  • Duty of care of warehouser
  • Indemnification
  • Limitation of liability
  • Subrogation
  • Contributory negligence
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Tort 2005 BCSC 1342

Rudman v. Hollander

The court held the cyclist was 100% responsible after braking hard behind the defendant’s vehicle. The judge found no proof of abrupt braking or negligence by the defendant.

  • Negligence
  • Duty of care
  • Following distance
  • Passing on the right
  • Interpretation of motor vehicle act provisions
  • Bicycle-accident
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