Vikram Dhir, Sarah Jones and Satinder Sidhu Join the Partnership
We are very pleased to announce that Vikram Dhir, Sarah Jones and Satinder Sidhu have joined the partnership at Clark Wilson LLP. Vikram practices in ... Continued
Liens – Extraordinary Remedy!
Our Court of Appeal has said that the Builders Lien Act (the “Act”) is a statute that creates extraordinary remedies. Without the Act, there is ... Continued
CW presents to capacity crowd at Buildex 2012
Samantha Ip, Oliver Hanson, Satinder Sidhu and Anna Sekunova from our Construction Group presented at this year’s Buildex Vancouver event on February 9, 2012. Their ... Continued
Priority Between Lien Claimants and Receiver
Our Court of Appeal in Bank of Montreal v. Peri Formwork Systems Inc., 2012 BCCA 4 recently had its first opportunity to consider whether builders ... Continued
Clark Wilson’s Construction Group to present at the upcoming BUILDEX seminar
On Thursday, February 9, 2012, our Construction Group, consisting of Samantha Ip, Oliver Hanson, Satinder Sidhu and Anna Sekunova, will deliver an interactive seminar at ... Continued
Malicious Defamation and the Duty to Defend ‘Mixed’ Claims
The recent BCMA v. Aviva Insurance case is not only interesting on its facts, but provides educational summaries of important principles on such matters as, ... Continued
2011 Annual Review of Law and Practice
The 20th edition of the CLE BC Annual Review of Law & Practice has been released, with contributions from several Clark Wilson lawyers. Allyson Baker, ... Continued
Clarification on Limitation to Commence Lien Against the Holdback
The Builders Lien Act, S.B.C. 1997, c. 45 (the “Act”) and the well known Shimco case provide that the holdback required to be retained on ... Continued
Damage Caused By Grow-Ops… Covered!
Hanlon v. ING Insurance Company of Canada, 2011 BCSC 73 An unsuspecting Salmon Arm resident, Ms. Hanlon, had the misfortune of renting her home (the ... Continued
Appellate Courts: Not Settled on the “Settlement Clause”
In 2006 Kelowna homeowners, Mr. Buchanan and Ms. Grace (the “Owners”), discovered a leaking public water valve near their property. The District repaired the valve ... Continued
Mummy: You Can’t Sign Away My Right to Sue
The BC Supreme Court delivered an unprecedented decision this month that a parent did not have the right to waive her child’s right to sue ... Continued
The Proposed Architectural Professions Act
The BC government, along with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (“AIBC”) and other organizations, have developed the proposed Architectural Professions Act to replace the ... Continued