Marriage Annulment & Fraud in BC: Can My Ex Still Claim My Benefits or Damages?
By Chantal Cattermole, Adrienne Adams, and Abigail Choi. Zant v. Zant, 2022 BCSC 2023 is a family law decision concerning a couple that were married ... Continued
Can A Marriage Be Annulled Without Consent in British Columbia?
By Chantal Cattermole, Adrienne Adams, and Abigail Choi. Zant v. Zant, 2022 BCSC 2023 is a family law decision concerning a couple that were married ... Continued
Court of Appeal Findings on Contractual Interest and Impact of Cost-Estimates in Cost-Plus Contracts
By Rosalie A. Clark Cost-plus contracts require the owner to pay for the costs actually incurred for all labour, subcontracted services, materials and other costs ... Continued
Creating Contract Policies for BC Businesses: 4 Simple Steps to Protect Your Company
Author: Alison Colpitts Earlier this summer, a decision out of Saskatchewan made international headlines when a judge ruled that a flax supplier sending a thumb’s ... Continued
The Art of the Self-Deal: What Personal Representatives Need to Know
By Gordon Behan and Harman Kang An executor or administrator of an estate “self-deals” when they purchase the assets of the same estate for which ... Continued
Posthumous Conception: How Does This Affect My Estate?
By Zachary Murphy-Rogers and Vivian Thieu Our society’s understanding of what constitutes “family” is everchanging, especially in light of our appreciation and recognition of the ... Continued
Is a Lien Invalid if it Names a Non-Contracting Party as the Lien Claimant? The Answer May Surprise You
By Dan W. Melnick and Rosalie A. Clark It is well known that a lien claimant must strictly comply with the form prescribed by the ... Continued
Will a Flood Exclusion Actually Operate to Exclude Damage Caused by Flood? Alberta Court of Appeal Muddies the Water
By Samantha Ip and Cameron Fox The Alberta Court of Appeal has, in a split decision, affirmed a decision which found that losses resulting from a ... Continued
Builders Liens: Failing to Comply with Procedural Requirements of the Builders Lien Act May be Fatal to the Validity of the Lien
By Anna Sekunova In a recent decision of Orbital Construction Inc. v Hansen, 2023 BCSC 712, the British Columbia Supreme Court has again addressed the ... Continued
Would a British Columbia Court R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Will?
By Dani Gorelov and Zachary Murphy-Rogers. A jury in Michigan decided that a notebook with scribbles found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is valid as the ... Continued
Legal Closure: Understanding the Presumption of Death Act in BC
By Vivian Thieu and Zachary Murphy-Rogers *This post was inspired by a similar post on the Declarations of Death Act, 2002 out of Ontario. The ... Continued
The Importance of Written Consent: Removal and Use of Human Reproductive Materials After Death
By Jeannette Aucoin and Shiona Nickel In 2020, the BC Court of Appeal considered an important issue concerning the removal and use of human reproductive ... Continued