Sign in
Canada Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Canada Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
2 court collections
Last checked

Canada decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Contract law 2026 BCCA 7

Guo v. Wang

Appeal in a failed real estate development dispute allowed in part: negligent misrepresentation and fiduciary duty findings were set aside, while contract and indemnity liability were upheld.

  • Negligent misrepresentation
  • Breach of contract
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Indemnity clause
  • Causation
  • Damages
Read case analysis
Contract law 2025 BCSC 1092

Clex Solutions Ltd. v. Gust

The court found an oral contract for a demo website, rejected most contract claims, held Gust liable in conversion and fiduciary breach, and found Buckley negligent.

  • Breach of contract
  • Conversion
  • Detinue
  • Breach of fiduciary duty (ad hoc)
  • Unauthorized access to computer systems
  • Website redirection/sabotage
Read case analysis
Tort 2025 BCSC 1003

Shortreed Joint Venture Ltd. v. Guvi

The court dismissed Shortreed Joint Venture Ltd.’s negligence and fiduciary duty claims against its solicitor and firm, finding no recoverable loss and no tort breach.

  • Solicitor negligence
  • Duty of care
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Settlement agreement formation
  • Agency
  • Misappropriation/conversion
Read case analysis
Estates and trusts 2025 BCSC 189

Leibenzeder Estate v. MacIntyre

Summary assessment after default judgment in estate litigation: the court awarded special damages and punitive damages against a former administrator for fiduciary breaches, misappropriation, and non-disclosure.

  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Misappropriation and conversion
  • Default judgment
  • Summary assessment of damages
  • Punitive damages
  • Passing of accounts
Read case analysis
Guardianship 2024 BCCA 378

Mendres v. Ramsay

Application by an unsuccessful appellant for special costs out of a patient’s estate was dismissed because the record did not justify the order.

  • Special costs
  • Patient estate
  • Committee appointment
  • Best interests of patient
  • Delay in proceedings
  • Exercise of judicial discretion
Read case analysis
Trusts and estates 2024 BCSC 1411

Linaogo v. Canada Trust Company

The court struck a third party notice in estate litigation, finding the pleading did not disclose a reasonable negligence claim against the lawyers and that any trust-corpus claim was premature.

  • Third party notice
  • Duty of care to non‑clients
  • Beneficiary standing to sue on behalf of trust corpus
  • Prematurity of claim
  • Costs and special costs
  • Third-party-notice
Read case analysis
Corporate law 2024 BCSC 1005

Bradcat Homes Ltd. v. Reyes

The court granted joinder of a proposed limited partnership plaintiff and leave to amend pleadings in a derivative-action context, with costs in the cause.

  • Derivative action
  • Joinder of parties
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Limitation period
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Costs
Read case analysis
Equity 2024 BCSC 598

Sather Ranch Ltd. v. Sather

The court awarded equitable compensation for a breached corporate opportunity, denied a constructive trust as disproportionate, and refused special costs.

  • Constructive trust
  • Equitable compensation
  • Corporate opportunity
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Remedies
  • Costs
Read case analysis
Contract law 2023 BCSC 1735

Shen v. Gou

The court dismissed a claim on a May 2017 guarantee, finding the plaintiffs lacked standing and the guarantee was unenforceable for lack of consideration and duress.

  • Guarantee
  • Consideration
  • Duress
  • Standing/foss v. harbottle
  • Ad hoc fiduciary duty
  • Promissory note
Read case analysis
Indigenous law 2023 BCCA 372

Webb v. Genaille

The Court of Appeal granted an extension of time but refused leave to intervene, finding the proposed intervener's submissions would duplicate the respondents' arguments.

  • Intervention
  • Fiduciary duty of band councils
  • Extension of time
  • Punitive damages
  • Conflict of interest
  • Band governance
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Canada decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.