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Real property 2025 BCSC 1876

First West Credit Union v. DB Land Acquisitions Inc.

Foreclosure petition granted after the court enforced a clear forbearance agreement providing for a one-day redemption period and immediate conduct of sale.

  • Forbearance agreement
  • Redemption period
  • Conduct of sale
  • Court discretion
  • Costs
  • Foreclosure
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Civil 2025 ONCA 133

Tataryn v. Diamond & Diamond Lawyers LLP

The court accepted the parties' joint submission and exercised its discretion to fix the appellants' liability for the respondent's costs of the appeal at $30,000 inclusive of disbursements and applicable tax.

  • Costs award
  • Consent costs
  • Court discretion
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Family law 2024 BCCA 329

Ishwarlall v. Ishwarlall

Appeal reinstated in part after unexplained delay and non-compliance, limited to contempt, retroactive support, and mortgage-credit issues.

  • Reinstatement of appeal
  • Abandonment for delay
  • Procedural fairness in contempt proceedings
  • Imputation of income
  • Retroactive support
  • Credit for mortgage payments
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Civil procedure 2023 BCCA 265

Wang v. The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 2970

The Court of Appeal held a master could extend the minimum notice period for filing a Notice of Hearing to 21 days and dismissed the appeal as moot.

  • Notice of hearing
  • Court discretion
  • Charter s.12 (cruel and unusual treatment)
  • Mootness
  • Rule 16-1
  • Court-discretion
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Civil procedure 2023 BCSC 200

Chana v. Niwa

The Supreme Court of British Columbia adjourned the trial and granted substituted service by Gmail and Facebook after finding personal service impracticable.

  • Substituted service
  • Alternative electronic service (email/facebook)
  • Adjournment of trial
  • Costs of preparation
  • Court discretion
  • Substituted-service
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Corporate law 2021 BCSC 1878

Nabis Holdings Inc. (Re)

The court authorized Nabis Holdings Inc. to call an extraordinary noteholders’ meeting on abridged notice under the BCA and ordered each side to bear its own costs.

  • Plan of arrangement
  • Court discretion
  • Notice abridgment
  • Creditors' meeting
  • Support agreement
  • Plan-of-arrangement
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Civil procedure 2020 BCSC 2121

Moulton v. Wong

The court granted a plaintiff’s adjournment request so a scheduled medical negligence trial could proceed before a jury despite COVID-19 jury-trial suspension rules.

  • Adjournment
  • Jury trial suspension
  • Interpretation of rule 12-6(0.2)
  • Prejudice balancing
  • Court discretion
  • Jury-trials
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Class actions 2020 FC 845

Tiller v. Canada

The Federal Court confirmed by consent that the settlement Implementation Date remained July 16, 2020 and was not affected by the COVID-19 time-limits legislation.

  • Settlement implementation
  • Implementation date
  • Time limits and other periods act (covid-19)
  • Court discretion
  • Class-actions
  • Civil-procedure
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Administrative law 2019 FC 1653

Wenham v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court held that Canada had no inherent right to make submissions on class counsel fee approval, but allowed limited submissions on litigation results.

  • Fee approval
  • Settlement approval
  • Participation rights
  • Court discretion
  • Amicus intervention
  • Thalidomide compensation program
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Civil procedure 2019 BCSC 2436

Olenga v. 0843641 B.C. Ltd.

The court dismissed an application to compel transcript funding for an appeal, finding the issue barred by res judicata and unsupported on the facts, but allowed the appellant’s own transcription to be used.

  • Transcript funding
  • Indigency
  • Res judicata
  • Use of unofficial transcript
  • Court discretion
  • Transcript-funding
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