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Tort 2025 BCSC 2202

Edgars v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development)

The court allowed a partial amendment to the notice of civil claim, struck a proposed assault allegation, and sent limitation issues to trial.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Discoverability
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Assault
  • Pleadings sufficiency
  • Mr. big investigation
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Limitation law 2018 BCCA 33

Leatherman v. 0969708 B.C. Ltd.

En appel, la Cour a jugé que le capital hypothécaire était une obligation à demande, mais que les intérêts et le recours sur la sûreté étaient régis autrement et pouvaient être prescrits.

  • Demand obligation
  • Discovery rule
  • Realize or redeem security
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Interpretation of mortgage terms
  • Limitation-law
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Limitation law 2016 BCSC 279

Cameron v. British Columbia (Justice)

The court held the negligence claim was statute-barred because the plaintiff could reasonably have sued within two years, despite safety concerns and rehabilitation.

  • Limitation act s.6(4)(b)
  • Negligence
  • Statute-barred actions
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Summary judgment
  • Limitation-period
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Civil procedure 2016 BCCA 83

Fidler v. Forensic Psychiatric Institute, a Hospital

Application to extend time to appeal dismissed because the proposed appeal was doomed to fail and an extension was not in the interests of justice.

  • Extension of time
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Statute-barred claim
  • Disability under limitation act
  • Standard of review (palpable and overriding error)
  • Extension-of-time
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Class actions 2015 BCCA 504

Bodnar v. Community Savings Credit Union

The Court of Appeal upheld certification of a class action alleging overdraft charges by credit unions amounted to criminal interest, but one judge dissented on a limitation question.

  • Certification
  • Commonality
  • Preferability
  • Subclassing
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Criminal rate of interest
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Limitation law 2015 BCSC 1087

Nijjar v. Raymond

The court dismissed a limitation-based application, holding that the insurer reasonably awaited an expert fire-causation report before time began to run.

  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Means of knowledge
  • Due diligence in obtaining expert advice
  • Causation in fire cases
  • Fire prevention (metropolis) act 1774
  • Limitation-period
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Civil procedure 2014 BCCA 447

Dheensaw v. Saanich Police Department

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to vary a single justice order refusing more time to perfect an appeal, finding the underlying appeal had no realistic prospect of success.

  • Extension of time
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Summary trial
  • Self-represented litigant
  • Procedural fairness
  • Extension-of-time
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Civil procedure 2014 BCCA 173

Jensen v. Ross

The Court of Appeal allowed a self-represented appellant’s appeal, holding a chambers judge erred by striking claims at a case planning conference without an evidentiary foundation.

  • Case planning conference powers
  • Rule 9-5 striking pleadings
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Acting on court's own motion
  • Abuse of process
  • Case-planning-conference
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Limitation of actions 2013 BCSC 392

Walsh v. BDO Dunwoody LLP

The court dismissed a summary trial application seeking to have a tax-advice negligence claim barred by limitation, finding factual and credibility issues required trial.

  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Wilful concealment
  • Discoverability
  • Gaar
  • Departure trade/residency (s.114 ita)
  • Summary judgment/suitability for summary trial
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Tort 2012 BCCA 200

Iezzi v. British Columbia

The Court of Appeal allowed the Province’s appeal, holding the two-year limitation period had expired before the negligence action was filed.

  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Discoverability
  • Appropriate advice (notional advice)
  • Settlement negotiations
  • Freedom of information requests
  • Limitation-period
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