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Civil procedure 2025 BCSC 979

1600 Davie Limited Partnership v. Metal Yapi Holding Ltd.

The court ordered Metal Yapi to post further security for costs of $150,000 each to ITC Construction and Siber Façade, with liberty to reapply if trial is adjourned.

  • Security for costs
  • Pre-trial applications
  • Trial adjournment
  • Costs protection
  • Expert evidence
  • Security-for-costs
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 108

Garcia v. Gill

The court dismissed a pre-trial application to exclude expert disbursements under s. 5(6) of the Regulation because the plaintiff lacked evidence of anticipated costs and the 6% cap risk.

  • Disbursements cap
  • Expert evidence
  • Judicial notice
  • Pre-trial applications
  • Expert-evidence
  • Disbursements
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 195

Joshan v. Pathak

The court granted an application to exclude expert disbursements for a physiatrist and economist under s. 5 of the Regulation, and ordered costs in the cause.

  • Expert evidence exclusion
  • Disbursement cap
  • Future loss damages
  • Financial hardship
  • Pre‑trial applications
  • Expert-evidence
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 998

Kaur v. Bual

The court dismissed a last-minute defence application for production of the plaintiff’s post-secondary transcripts, finding the request was untimely and the documents had limited probative value.

  • Production of documents
  • Timeliness of disclosure
  • Second-tier disclosure
  • Relevance and probative value
  • Pre-trial applications
  • Costs
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Civil litigation 2020 BCSC 1811

LeRoy v. TimberWest Forest Corp.

The court held this 43-day post-trial costs matter was more than ordinarily difficult and awarded the defendants party-and-party costs on Scale C.

  • Scale c costs
  • Party and party costs
  • Pre-trial applications
  • Document production
  • Examinations for discovery
  • Damages
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Civil procedure 2018 BCSC 69

LeRoy v. Timberwest Forest Corp.

The court upheld a notice of trial, kept the trial in Duncan, and ordered pre-trial applications heard in Vancouver in a venue dispute between business litgants.

  • Venue
  • Place of trial
  • Change of venue
  • Notice of trial
  • Preponderance of convenience
  • Pre-trial applications
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Civil procedure 2016 BCSC 913

Howell v. Witt

Costs ruling after a personal injury jury trial. The court held the matter was of ordinary difficulty and awarded costs on Scale B, not Scale C.

  • Scale of costs
  • Trial complexity
  • Expert evidence
  • Pre-trial applications
  • Jury trial
  • Scale-of-costs
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Criminal law 2013 BCSC 604

R. v. Haevischer

The court granted an adjournment of a criminal trial, vacated the May 6, 2013 start date, and set a new trial date of September 16, 2013.

  • Adjournment
  • Disclosure
  • Pre-trial applications
  • Publication ban
  • Informant privilege
  • Charter s.24(2)
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Criminal law 2012 NSPC 92

R. v. Martin

Leave to file further pre-trial materials was denied because the contested issues of identity and territorial jurisdiction are elements to be proved by the Crown at trial and do not require a pre-trial application, evidence regarding title to land is irrelevant and inadmissible to the charges, and the Provincial Court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate statutory invalidity; accordingly the proposed materials would not be permitted and leave is refused.

  • Pre-trial applications
  • Disclosure
  • Jurisdiction
  • Identity
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Statutory validity
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Criminal law 2008 BCSC 1257

R. v. Sipes

The court set flexible notice rules for pre-trial applications in a complex multi-accused murder case, requiring sufficient particulars, timely reply, and room for variation.

  • Pre-trial applications
  • Severance
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Trial directions on notice
  • Right to silence
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