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Foreclosure 2026 BCCA 15

Stewart v. Ryan Mortgage Income Fund Inc.

The Court of Appeal dismissed a request to vary a chambers order refusing leave to appeal and a stay in a foreclosure-related forced entry dispute.

  • Forced entry
  • Leave to appeal
  • Service of process
  • Admissibility of hearsay
  • Residential tenancy act s.94
  • Order for sale
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Property law 2025 BCSC 2686

Lo v. Cheng

The court dismissed Cindy Lo’s trust claim to a Richmond townhouse, found no enforceable tenancy, ordered vacant possession, and awarded trespass damages.

  • Resulting trust
  • Constructive trust
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Trespass
  • Tenancy agreement
  • Vacant possession
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Constitutional law 2025 FC 1701

Fatema v. Zhu

The Federal Court struck a statement of claim concerning an Alberta residential tenancy dispute, holding it lacked jurisdiction and awarding costs to both defendants.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Charter rights (sections 7,9,15)
  • Striking pleadings
  • Abuse of process
  • Costs
  • Motion-to-strike
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Civil procedure 2025 NSSC 286

Matthews Estate v. Matthews

The Court found it had jurisdiction to hear the enforcement motion despite the tenancy element, concluded the defendants were aware of and bound by the May 6, 2025 Consent Order (William having authorized counsel to sign it), and determined that, although William's conduct could have supported a contempt finding, the appropriate and proportionate remedy was enforcement under Civil Procedure Rule 80.02 rather than a contempt conviction; accordingly the Court granted the estate relief to enforce the Consent Order and to obtain possession through court assistance while leaving contempt unprosecu…

  • Enforcement of consent order
  • Possession and eviction
  • Executor duties and estate administration
  • Contempt proceedings (declined)
  • Right of first refusal
  • Jurisdictional overlap with residential tenancies board
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Administrative law 2025 BCSC 1647

Resurreccion v. Neumann

Judicial review of an RTB order upholding 12 months’ rent compensation for alleged misuse of a vacated condo as a short-term rental was dismissed.

  • Residential tenancy act s.51.2 compensation
  • Short-term rental/airbnb
  • Standard of review: patent unreasonableness
  • Circumstantial evidence and burden on balance of probabilities
  • Bias and procedural fairness
  • Judicial-review
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Civil procedure 2025 BCCA 192

Knight v. British Columbia (Public Safety)

The Court of Appeal summarily dismissed this appeal as vexatious under s. 21 of the Court of Appeal Act, finding it to be an improper collateral attack on an earlier appellate decision.

  • Collateral attack
  • Abuse of process
  • Summary dismissal
  • Functus officio
  • Manufactured home park tenancy act jurisdiction
  • Residential tenancy board jurisdiction
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Administrative law 2025 BCSC 624

James v. Stankovic

Judicial review of a CRT default decision was allowed. The court found procedural unfairness and patent unreasonableness in the tribunal’s treatment of causation evidence.

  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review - patent unreasonableness
  • Causation in negligence
  • Default decision procedure
  • Remittal
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Family law 2023 BCSC 1560

Broadbent v. Seguin

The court found the parties were not spouses under the Family Law Act. Alternatively, any marriage-like relationship ended by August 28, 2016, so the claim was out of time.

  • Marriage-like relationship
  • Separation date for limitation s.198 fla
  • Tenancy agreement authenticity
  • Forgery allegation
  • Occupational rent
  • Costs
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Contract law 2023 BCSC 841

Grand Bazaar Ala Turk North American Corporation v. Hammad

The court held that a residential tenancy agreement did not contain an enforceable option to purchase because the clause was too uncertain and lacked essential sale terms.

  • Option to purchase
  • Lease interpretation
  • Uncertainty and certainty in contracts
  • Eviction jurisdiction
  • Summary trial procedure
  • Option-to-purchase
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Municipal law 2023 BCCA 183

V.I.T. Estates Ltd. v. New Westminster (City)

La Cour d’appel rejette la contestation d’un règlement de zonage imposant la location résidentielle, jugeant qu’il n’est ni vague, ni ultra vires, ni incompatible avec la Residential Tenancy Act.

  • Zoning
  • Residential rental tenure
  • Ultra vires
  • Vagueness
  • Statutory conflict
  • Standard of review
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