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Civil procedure 2023 BCCA 61

Canfield v. Continental Appraisals Ltd.

The Court of Appeal dismissed leave to appeal a costs order, holding the proposed appeal raised no question of principle and no arguable merit.

  • Offer to settle
  • Release
  • Reasonableness of settlement rejection
  • Leave to appeal costs order
  • Res judicata
  • Amendment of pleadings
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Contract law 2023 BCSC 82

Pillar Capital Corp. v. Horseshoe Valley Ranch Ltd.

The court refused to send this foreclosure petition to trial, rejected the misrepresentation defence, and ordered hybrid procedures for remaining issues.

  • Misrepresentation
  • Interest act s.8
  • Criminal code s.347 (usury)
  • Improvident realization
  • Calculation of indebtedness
  • Monitoring fees
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Contract 2022 BCSC 1717

Bahga Enterprises Ltd. v. Nijjar

The court dismissed two related civil actions over mortgage proceeds and alleged loan overpayments, finding the claims unproven, time-barred, or barred by collateral attack.

  • Collateral attack on foreclosure orders
  • Repudiation and remedy
  • Limitation periods and postponement
  • Forensic accounting evidence and assumptions
  • Credibility and reliability of witnesses
  • Promissory notes and settlement agreements
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Civil procedure 2018 BCCA 218

Hoessmann v. Aldergrove Credit Union

The Court of Appeal held a prior vexatious litigant order applied to this appeal, stayed the proceedings, and required leave before Hoessmann could proceed.

  • Vexatious litigant order
  • Leave to appeal
  • Res judicata
  • Issue estoppel
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Costs
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Civil procedure 2015 BCSC 1996

Freshwest Equities Trading Corp. v. Dosanjh

The court refused to increase costs to Scale C and denied double costs, holding that the respondent’s defence and accounting objections were reasonably arguable.

  • Foreclosure
  • Costs scale
  • Offers to settle
  • Double costs
  • Accounting disputes
  • Summary judgment vs trial list
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Civil procedure 2014 BCSC 164

Eichhorst v. Euro-Canadian Mortgage Corp.

Appeal from a Master’s COEA order dismissed. The court held the appellant had not shown cause to stop sale of his partial land interest; the Registrar reference proceeded.

  • Court order enforcement act ss.92,94,96
  • Law and equity act ss.10,15
  • Multiplicity of proceedings
  • Sale of partial interest/partition
  • Standard of review from master's order
  • Court-order-enforcement-act
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Appeals 2014 BCCA 57

Liao v. Vandepol

The Court of Appeal declined to vary a security-for-costs order, denied adjournment, granted a short extension to pay $7,500, and ordered the appeal dismissed if unpaid.

  • Security for costs
  • Leave to appeal
  • Summary judgment
  • Adjournment
  • Dismissal for non-compliance
  • Personal covenant
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Civil procedure 2013 NSSC 7

iNova Credit Union v. Giamac Inc.

The court awarded Tariff C costs of $2,000 each to Edward Webber and iNova Credit Union for a one day hearing because the motion was not unusually complex, the alleged impropriety was not pursued at hearing and did not justify an increase, and the interests and conduct of Smithers, Giamac Inc. and Giovannetti were sufficiently interrelated to make them jointly and severally liable for the costs.

  • Foreclosure sale
  • Setting aside sale
  • Costs
  • Intervention
  • Party joinder
  • Agency
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Civil procedure 2012 BCCA 79

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union v. R.D. Backhoe Services Inc.

The Court of Appeal refused to vary a single-justice order and upheld the refusal of an extension of time to appeal in a long-running foreclosure dispute.

  • Extension of time to appeal
  • Leave to appeal
  • Order nisi in foreclosure
  • Finality of litigation
  • Interests of justice
  • Prejudice from delay
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Contract law 2011 BCSC 209

G-8 Properties Inc. v. Fort St. John Retail Limited Partnership

The court found the purchaser wrongfully terminated a real estate agreement, but held the collateral mortgages remained enforceable and granted foreclosure relief.

  • Condition precedent
  • Time is of the essence
  • Waiver
  • Repudiation
  • Deposit forfeiture
  • Mortgage enforcement
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