2025 BC Newsletter

Summarized Cases:

Valley Traffic Systems Inc v Malak, 2024 BCCA 370: Torts; Joint Liability; Common Design; Defamation; Damages ~ Counsel Comments by Roger McConchie, Counsel for the Respondents

Yegre EB Ltd v Seguin,2024 BCCA 365: Jurisdiction; Contractual Interpretation;Forum non conveniens; Forum Selection Clause ~ Counsel Comments by Shane Coblin, Counsel for the Appellant

JM Food Services Ltd v Waheed, 2024 BCCA 381: Business Corporations; Limitation Periods; Statutory Interpretation

Sidhu v Kalgidhar Darbar Sahib Society, 2024 BCCA 402: Societies; Governance; Bylaw Interpretation ~ Counsel Comments by Alex Eged,Counsel for the Appellants

Choi v Westbank Projects Corp,2024 BCCA 410: Residential Tenancies; Negligence; Jurisdiction; Striking Pleadings ~ Counsel Comments by Charles Batrouny,Counsel for the Respondents

Summarized Cases:

Cascade Aerospace Inc v Viking Air Limited,2025 BCCA 2: Civil Procedure; Injunctions; Remedies; Replevin

NV Highway Properties v 115524 BC Ltd,2025 BCCA 8: Property; Remedies;Nemo dat; Contracts

Galiano Forest Lot Owners Association v Galiano Island Local Trust Committee, 2025 BCCA 15: Municipal Law; Administrative Law; Bylaws; Statutory Interpretation

Surrey (City) v Kallu, 2025 BCCA 19: Civil Procedure; Evidence; Hearsay; Municipal Law

Kassian v British Columbia,2025 BCCA 20: Administrative Law; Constitutional Law; Judicial Review ~ Counsel Comments by Geoffrey Trotter,Counsel for the Appellants

Summarized Cases:

Dignard v Dignard, 2025 BCCA 43: Family Law; Division of Property; Capital Gains Tax

Chisholm v Valemount Forest Products Ltd., 2025 BCCA 48: Public Law; Immunity; Transportation; Statutory Interpretation ~ Counsel Comments by Robert McNeney,Counsel for the Appellant

Schrader v Schrader, 2025 BCCA 50: Family Law; Spousal Support; Separation Agreements

Wilkinson v Chartier, 2025 BCCA 53: Summary Judgment; Estates; Trusts; Limitation Periods; Discovery ~ Counsel Comments by J. Michael Hutchison, K.C.,Counsel for the Appellants

Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd v Lee, 2025 BCCA 57: Class Actions; Contracts; Employment; Duty of Honest Performance

Summarized Cases:

Bradley v Callahan, 2025 BCCA 69: Family Law; Property Division; Marriage Agreements; Spousal Support

Ursuliak v Collins, 2025 BCCA 71: Civil Practice and Procedure; Settlement Agreements

Argo Mezzanine Financing No 1 Ltd v Plaza 88 Development Ltd, 2025 BCCA 73: Contracts; Contractual Interpretation; Summary Trial; Standard of Review ~ Counsel Comments by David Church, K.C.,Elise Dolinsky, and Ian Schildt, Counsel for the Respondents

Busato v Gore Mutual Insurance Company, 2025 BCCA 79: Insurance; Contractual Interpretation; Exclusion Clauses; Relief from Forfeiture ~ Counsel Comments by Sepideh Alimirzaee andJordan Jutras, Counsel for the Appellant

Ghag Estate v Ghag, 2025 BCCA 88: Civil Practice and Procedure; Real Property; Certificates of Pending Litigation; Want of Prosecution