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Contract law 2025 BCSC 1545

Bank of Montreal v. Khan

The court dismissed Bank of Montreal’s summary trial application over disputed personal guarantees, holding that conflicting affidavit evidence and credibility issues required a full trial.

  • Personal guarantee
  • Non est factum
  • Independent legal advice
  • Summary trial suitability
  • Credibility assessment
  • Summary-trial
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Civil procedure 2025 NSCA 17

Scotia Capital Inc. v. Thompson

The motion judge correctly applied the law on discoverability and summary judgment, found genuine issues of material fact about when Thompson discovered his claims (including reliance on the advisor and lack of expert advice until 2018), and therefore summary dismissal was inappropriate; the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and awarded costs to the respondents.

  • Discoverability
  • Summary judgment
  • Limitation periods
  • Statute-barred
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Professional negligence
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Contract 2024 BCSC 490

Gesner v. Coast Capital Federal Savings

On summary trial, the court dismissed Ashley Gesner’s claim against Coast Capital, finding no proven breach, causation, or recoverable loss.

  • Breach of contract
  • Breach of trust
  • Duty of care
  • Automatic payments
  • Mortgage deferral
  • Cyber fraud
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Evidence 2021 BCSC 1830

Turpin v. TD Asset Management Inc.

The court excluded proposed expert opinion evidence from Mr. L. Bates, finding his published statements and social media posts showed partisan bias and a lack of impartiality.

  • Expert admissibility
  • Independence and impartiality
  • Closet indexing
  • Mutual fund fees
  • Gatekeeping
  • Expert-admissibility
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Banking 2020 SCC 41

CO-Operators General Insurance Co. v. Sollio Groupe Coopératif

The Supreme Court dismissed the insurer’s appeal in a phishing-related EFT loss dispute, holding the loss was covered and costs were awarded to the respondents.

  • Phishing
  • Electronic funds transfer liability
  • Insurer coverage dispute
  • Ownership of funds
  • Line of credit
  • Electronic-funds-transfer
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Contract 2015 BCCA 120

Century Services Inc. v. LeRoy

The Court allowed amendment of a defence alleging fraudulent misrepresentation, rejected Rule 9-6 dismissal of that defence, and set aside a broad discovery order as premature.

  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Summary judgment (rule 9-6)
  • Striking pleadings (rule 9-5)
  • Amendment of pleadings (rule 6-1)
  • Withdrawal of admissions (rule 7-7)
  • Document production/discovery
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Criminal law 2002 BCSC 684

Huston v. Century Services Inc.

Summary trial on whether fees, a forfeited deposit, and expenses counted as “interest” under Criminal Code s. 347. The court dismissed the usury claim.

  • Usury
  • Definition of interest under s.347
  • Brokerage fees
  • Forfeit deposit
  • Ship mortgage registration expenses
  • Criminal-code-s-347
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Insurance law 2001 BCSC 1878

North Shore Credit Union v. Cumis General Insurance Co. et al

The court held Mastercard sales slips were not “securities” under the bond, so the plaintiff’s insurance claim for credit card fraud was dismissed.

  • Forgery
  • Securities definition
  • Indemnity
  • Insurance policy interpretation
  • Direct loss
  • Credit card fraud
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