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Two recent BC Supreme Court decisions required the Court to determine when it is appropriate to remove an executor of an estate: Nieweler Estate (Re) ... Continued
This paper was initially authored for the Insurance Institute of British Columbia’s (IIBC) Insurance Symposium, April 2019. Over the course of the past two decades, ... Continued
This article reviews material developments in Canadian legislation, case law, and practice in the area of copyright in 2018. All references in this article to ... Continued
The case of Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec, 2019 SCC 28 provides the Supreme ... Continued
In this, Part 3 of the series (and the final of this trilogy), we outline a set of management strategies for administrators, faculty, staff, and ... Continued
Is it “trade-marks” “trademarks” or “trade marks”? Your answer likely depends on how much you care about grammatical rectitude as much as technical legal conformity, ... Continued
Part 1 – The Wheelhouse Issue* Stories of post-secondary institutions deploying innovative independent, accountable, business structures, most often business trusts, to make the most of ... Continued
In the recent BC Supreme Court case of Halliday v Halliday Estate, 2019 BCSC 554, Clark Wilson LLP was successful in challenging the validity of ... Continued
The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently released its judgment in Robledano v Queano, 2019 BCCA 150 (“Robledano”). The case involved an intestate estate, with ... Continued
On June 13, 2019 new record keeping requirements will take effect for private corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). Under those requirements, ... Continued
The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Quaggiotto v Quaggiotto, 2019 ONCA 107 (“Quaggiotto”) helps to clarify the level of knowledge courts expect a ... Continued
Trades in construction projects expect to be paid when the work they have done is on-time and without defect. However, construction trades are more and ... Continued