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Contract 2026 BCSC 12

Gill v. Sandhar

The court dismissed an application to set aside a summary-trial judgment, finding the defendants failed to show a meritorious defence and that justice required reopening the order.

  • Setting aside judgment
  • Default judgment
  • Summary trial
  • Liquidated damages
  • Settlement agreement
  • Costs
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Arbitration 2026 BCCA 2

CIMIC Morningstar Investments Ltd. v. Chandos Construction Ltd.

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed CIMIC’s leave application and stay request, finding no extricable question of law in the arbitration award appeal.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Contractual notice provisions
  • Promissory estoppel
  • Prevention principle
  • Liquidated damages
  • Contract interpretation
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Property law 2025 BCCA 8

NV Highway Properties Ltd. v. 1155204 B.C. Ltd.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal held that nemo dat does not make a valid contract unenforceable merely because the seller does not own the shares to be transferred.

  • Nemo dat quod non habet
  • Share purchase option
  • Consensus ad idem
  • Ready willing and able / dual breach
  • Liquidated damages
  • Specific performance
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Contract 2024 BCSC 1963

Kingsway Holdings Ltd. v. New Coast Holdings Ltd.

On summary trial, the court upheld termination of a commercial lease for non-payment, awarded outstanding rent and expenses, and denied loss of future rent.

  • Lease termination
  • Damages
  • Mitigation
  • Liquidated damages
  • Interest
  • Summary trial procedure
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Residential tenancy 2024 BCSC 921

Kassam v. Castro

The court ordered the Residential Tenancy Branch to hear a landlord’s claim for unpaid rent, liquidated damages, and related tenancy issues under s. 58(4)(a) of the RTA.

  • Monetary jurisdiction
  • Exclusive jurisdiction of residential tenancy branch
  • Liquidated damages
  • Damage deposit and setoff
  • Procedural discretion under s.58(4) of rta
  • Residential-tenancy
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Commercial law 2024 BCCA 188

Pyke v. Merchant Growth Asset Financing Ltd.

The Court of Appeal held that a motorcycle was a consumer good under the PPSA, so seizure of it barred the secured party from suing for lease arrears.

  • Personal property security act
  • Seize or sue (s.67)
  • Consumer goods definition
  • Security agreement interpretation
  • Estoppel
  • Repossession
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Contract law 2024 NSSC 236

Photopoulos et al. v. Primacy Management Inc.

The court held that the Agreement's holdover clause applied all terms during month-to-month occupancy; clause 10.2 (120 days notice and two-year restrictive covenant) remained operative during holdover; Primacy breached by giving less than 120 days' notice and by sub-licensing to another medical clinic within two years; the $5,000 liquidated damages provision was not a genuine pre-estimate and was void as a penalty for the range of breaches it purported to cover; Applicant's loss of chance was compensable and, after adjustments (COVID impact and avoided rent), damages were assessed at $33,223…

  • Holdover clause
  • Termination notice
  • Liquidated damages
  • Loss of chance
  • Mitigation
  • Punitive damages
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Contract law 2023 BCSC 1228

Song v. Yongfeng Enterprises Inc.

The court found an oral agreement bound the parties to the unsigned Richmond home contract, awarded damages for unpaid work and lost profits, and granted limited abuse-of-process damages.

  • Formation of contract
  • Certainty
  • Repudiation
  • Damages
  • Lost profits
  • Extras/variations
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Contract law 2023 BCCA 150

Skychain Technologies Inc. v. The9 Limited

La Corte desestimó la apelación y confirmó el juicio sumario. Concluyó que la cláusula 6.3 no limitaba a The9 a daños liquidados ni impedía acelerar el reembolso.

  • Liquidated damages
  • Acceleration of debt
  • Contract interpretation
  • Summary judgment
  • Events of default
  • Time is of the essence
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Contract law 2022 BCSC 1921

Ding v. GSV Futures Inc.

The court granted summary-trial judgment for the plaintiff, holding a bitcoin-hosting supplement was a valid liquidated damages clause and ordering damages, interest, and costs.

  • Liquidated damages
  • Penalty doctrine
  • Contract termination
  • Damages calculation
  • Reference to registrar
  • Liquidated-damages
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