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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 2660

NextGen Energy Watervliet TWP, LLC v. Bremner

The court admitted Charles Bremner’s discovery and execution-examination transcripts against both defendants, finding a common-interest exception and, alternatively, Rule 12-5(54).

  • Admissibility of discovery transcripts
  • Rule 12‑5(46) common interest exception
  • Rule 12‑5(54) use of deceased witness transcript
  • Principled hearsay exception (necessity and reliability)
  • Examination in aid of execution
  • Constructive trust
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Family law 2022 BCSC 2083

Cao v. Chen

The court imputed income to Mr. Chen, awarded retroactive child support, divided family property, rejected a trust claim over five properties, and granted judgment in a related loan action.

  • Income imputation
  • Retroactive child support
  • Division of family assets
  • Reapportionment under family relations act
  • Express and resulting trust
  • Constructive trust
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 1570

Gayhart (Estate) v. Schanck

The court set aside an ex parte Mareva injunction for material non-disclosure, allowed leave to amend a defective notice of civil claim, and refused third-party disclosure.

  • Mareva injunction
  • Norwich pharmacal order
  • Protective order breach
  • Recognition and enforcement of foreign divorce judgment
  • Striking pleadings
  • Third party disclosure
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Fraudulent conveyance 2020 BCSC 396

Wu v. Gu

The court held that three transfers of Richmond properties to family members were void as fraudulent conveyances and fraudulent preferences, and granted declarations accordingly.

  • Fca s.1 and s.2
  • Fpa s.3 and s.6
  • Badges of fraud
  • Burden of proof for related parties
  • Adverse inference for failure to call witness
  • Deemed admissions
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Civil 2019 BCCA 69

WestCorp Solutions Ltd. v. Lancaster

Appeal dismissed as abandoned after the appellants failed to post court-ordered security within 90 days and offered no explanation or substantive grounds.

  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Security for judgment pending appeal
  • Dismissal for abandonment
  • Costs
  • Registration and enforcement of foreign judgments
  • Dismissal-for-abandonment
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Civil 2018 ONCA 471

Lang Michener LLP v. King

The Italian court expressly found Mr. King's liability arose from fraud and extra-contractual acts rather than from an error, omission or negligent act in the performance of professional services; accordingly the Policy's coverage grant was not triggered and Mr. King suffered no recoverable damages from any advice about suing LawPro, so the motion judge correctly dismissed the counterclaim and the costs award was not disturbed.

  • Summary judgment
  • Coverage under professional liability insurance
  • Collateral attack
  • Issue estoppel
  • Negligence of counsel
  • Leave to appeal costs
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Civil procedure 2017 ONCA 827

Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation

The motion judge erred by failing to conduct the required holistic analysis of the justness of ordering security for costs. Given the public interest nature of the enforcement action, practical impossibility of obtaining impecuniosity evidence from representative plaintiffs, contingency counsel, potential unavailability of third party funding due to defendant conduct, the appellants’ non-frivolous and novel legal issues, and the disproportionate financial capacity of the defendants, it would be unjust to order security for costs; therefore the security order is set aside.

  • Security for costs
  • Jurisdiction
  • Piercing the corporate veil
  • Third party litigation funding
  • Access to justice
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Limitation act 2017 BCSC 1864

Wei v. Mei

The court dismissed a limitation defence to enforcement of a Chinese judgment, holding s. 7(b)(i) turns on when enforcement in China expires, not when it begins.

  • Limitations
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Summary trial
  • Examination for discovery
  • Mareva injunction
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Land title act 2016 BCSC 847

United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mulholland

The court refused to release any of the trust funds held from the Whistler property sale, keeping them as security for the SEC’s claim to enforce a U.S. judgment.

  • Certificate of pending litigation
  • Security under s.257(1)(a)(ii)
  • Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgment
  • Forfeiture
  • Remedial/constructive trust
  • Fraudulent conveyance
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Admiralty 2015 BCSC 2382

Bernard LLP (Re)

Appeal from an interpleader order dismissed. The court held there were competing claims to trust funds, including a proprietary claim by Al-Saleh, but required a procedure to resolve them.

  • Interpleader
  • Comity
  • Constructive trust and tracing
  • Fraudulent preference
  • Jurisdiction
  • Summary determination under rule 10-3
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