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Property law 2025 BCSC 2446

Pinette v. Ellis

The court granted an easement for a longstanding deck and carport encroachment, refused removal, and set compensation at $19,429, with limited leave regarding a hydro meter.

  • Encroachment
  • Easement
  • Compensation
  • Clean hands
  • Balance of convenience
  • Property-law
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Corporate law 2023 BCSC 1996

Li v. Liu

The court granted interim transfer of Garibaldi shares to the plaintiff, ordered director replacement, and imposed a preservation order pending determination of ownership issues.

  • Oppression remedy
  • Transfer of shares
  • Bare trust
  • Constructive trust
  • Preservation order
  • Interim injunction test
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Contract law 2021 NSCA 41

Fraser v. Limbo Cove Resources Inc.

The stay was denied because the appellant failed to establish irreparable harm or exceptional circumstances and acted with unclean hands (including misuse of trust funds and conduct likely to frustrate licence transfer); damages are an adequate remedy and the balance of convenience did not favour a stay.

  • Specific performance
  • Stay of execution
  • Prejudgment interest
  • Public policy
  • Unconscionability
  • Clean hands
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Professional regulation 2017 BCSC 1197

Law Society of British Columbia v. Pyper

The court granted the Law Society a statutory injunction against Gerhard Pyper for unauthorized practice of law, rejected bias and clean-hands arguments, and narrowed the order's scope.

  • Unauthorized practice of law
  • Injunction under statute
  • Right of audience
  • Judicial bias
  • Clean hands
  • Constitutional challenge
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Civil procedure 2017 ONCA 261

TSI International Group Inc. v. Formosa

The appeal is allowed because the motion judge failed to articulate reasons for denying leave to amend; in the absence of any articulated basis and no prior amendment, the appellants must be permitted to amend their pleadings, so the order is varied to grant leave to amend; no costs of the appeal given short notice and motion costs are undisturbed.

  • Leave to amend
  • Striking pleadings
  • Abuse of process
  • Clean hands
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Property law 2016 BCSC 1379

947745 Alberta Ltd. v. Allen

The court granted a permanent injunction protecting a registered easement, ordering the defendants to remove a gate and stop further obstructions.

  • Easement
  • Obstruction
  • Injunction
  • Clean hands
  • Costs
  • Clean-hands
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Legal profession 2016 BCCA 262

Gregory N. Harney Law Corporation v. Angleland Holdings Inc.

В appeal over solicitor’s fees, the Court of Appeal upheld a quantum meruit assessment, rejected fresh evidence, and dismissed recusal and natural justice complaints.

  • Quantum meruit
  • Retainer terms
  • Entire contract doctrine
  • Clean hands
  • Recusal (reasonable apprehension of bias)
  • Fresh evidence (palmer test)
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Real property 2015 BCSC 523

Westpoint Capital Corporation v. Winczura

The Master found the property was properly marketed, the $530,000 sale price was reasonable, and there was no triable issue that Westpoint came to court with unclean hands or that the alleged settlement prevented the sale (Erin was not a party to the petition, did not complete the payment and conditions for delivery of trust funds were unmet); accordingly the sale was approved.

  • Judicial sale
  • Mortgage
  • Order nisi
  • Clean hands
  • Settlement agreement
  • Assignment of rents
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Contract law 2015 NSSC 30

Northumberland Fisherman's Association v. Patriquin

The court found a single enforceable agreement binding the respondent to surrender his core enterprise status and remaining licenses after two years, rejected respondent’s defences of lack of consideration, unconscionability and non est factum, concluded damages were not an adequate remedy and that irreparable harm and the balance of convenience favored equitable relief, and therefore granted a permanent injunction and specific performance compelling compliance with the Civil Agreement.

  • Consideration
  • Unconscionability
  • Non est factum
  • Permanent injunction
  • Specific performance
  • License transfer restrictions
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Immigration law 2012 FC 446

Muneeswarakumar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court dismissed respondents’ motion to extend time to file further affidavits in related immigration judicial reviews, finding no reasonable explanation for delay.

  • Extension of time
  • Affidavit admissibility
  • Humanitarian and compassionate application
  • Paragraph 115(2)(b) irpa
  • Clean hands
  • Futility
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