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Property law 2025 BCSC 648

Jenor Steel Incorporated v. 466372 B.C.

Court granted respondents leave to withdraw an admission about mortgage payments and file a further amended response, but excluded a late-filed affidavit for unfair prejudice.

  • Withdrawal of admission
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Statute-barred mortgage
  • Limitation act
  • Partition and sale
  • Accounting
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Contract law 2024 BCSC 1345

Gray v. 1534 Harwood Street (St. Pierre) Ltd.

The court dismissed a landlord’s bid to stop a lease dispute from proceeding as a representative action, finding the leases identical and the core issues common to all leaseholders.

  • Lease interpretation
  • Operating expenses
  • Representative proceedings rule 20-3
  • Limitation act
  • Res judicata
  • Civil resolution tribunal procedure
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Contract law 2024 BCSC 1034

Smith v. SaNOtize Research and Development Corp.

The court held that a settlement agreement’s indemnity clause applied to claims already released, entitling the defendants to indemnity costs subject to assessment.

  • Settlement agreement
  • Release clause
  • Indemnity for costs
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Limitation act
  • Striking and dismissal of claims
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 1356

DGBK Architects v. CWMM Consulting Engineers Ltd.

Appeal dismissed from an order allowing SRC Engineering Consultants Ltd. to file a third-party notice; the court held the claim was not plainly bound to fail and costs were in the cause.

  • Third-party notice
  • Strike application
  • Limitation act
  • Negligence act s.4-2(b)
  • Standard of review
  • Third-party-notice
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Family law 2024 BCSC 1048

Hunt v. Hunt

The court found one proven battery in a family-law dispute, dismissed retroactive child support, and ordered unequal family property division, support, pension adjustments, divorce, and tailored protection orders.

  • Assault and battery
  • Sexual assault
  • Spousal support
  • Retroactive spousal support
  • Child support jurisdiction
  • Division of family property
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Civil procedure 2023 BCCA 439

Popoff v. Popoff

The Court of Appeal held the chambers judge erred in striking the pleadings and allowing the matter to proceed to trial or proper summary trial.

  • Rule 9-5 striking pleadings
  • Rule 9-6 genuine issue to be tried
  • Summary trial
  • Limitation act
  • Striking-pleadings
  • Genuine-issue-to-be-tried
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Property law 2022 BCSC 1678

Fraser Valley Packers Inc. v. Raiwal Holdings Ltd.

Foreclosure action over a Surrey property mortgage. The court held the mortgage secured antecedent advances, rejected the limitation defence, and granted an order nisi and redemption amount.

  • Mortgage foreclosure
  • Antecedent debt
  • Acknowledgement of debt
  • Redemption
  • Priority of charges
  • Limitation act
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Civil procedure 2022 BCCA 213

Edward Chapman, Limited v. FS Property Inc.

The Court of Appeal held that a counterclaim cannot be filed within a petition proceeding; it is available only in an action under the Civil Rules.

  • Counterclaim
  • Petition vs action
  • Court procedure
  • Conversion of proceeding
  • Redemption period
  • Limitation act
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Tort 2021 BCSC 1304

MacKay v. Brookside Campsite Inc.

The court dismissed a flood-damage claim over Cache Creek, holding the defendants did not tortiously direct water onto the plaintiff’s land and the Village’s emergency acts were protected.

  • Flooding
  • Watercourse diversion
  • Nuisance
  • Rylands v fletcher
  • Negligence
  • Injunction
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Family law 2021 BCSC 538

Kasian Estate v. Kasian

The court granted Don Kasian leave to file a counterclaim shortly before trial, finding the claims were not plainly doomed and that delay did not justify refusal.

  • Counterclaim leave
  • Limitations
  • Jurisdiction
  • Reapportionment of family assets
  • Variation of settlement
  • Rescission
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