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12 July 201830 April 2019|Firm News & Events

18 April 201830 April 2019|Terra Publications

Separate Consideration for Purchaser’s Conditions Precedent

Have you ever seen something like the following buried in a contract of purchase and sale and wondered what it is all about?

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15 September 201730 April 2019|Industry News & Events, Terra Publications

$275,000 Pre-Sale Deposit Forfeited When Purchaser Backs Out

In Chen v. West Georgia Development Limited Partnership, 2017 BCSC 1293, the Supreme Court of British Columbia rejected all arguments put forward by the plaintiff in her claim for the return of a deposit paid to the defendant, a real...

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08 June 201730 April 2019|Industry News & Events

Bigger is not always better for law firms

There is a trend of law firms consolidating into multinational players, as seen earlier this year when Vancouver’s Bull Housser & Tupper LLP merged with the larger Norton Rose Fulbright.

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11 January 201730 April 2019|Firm News & Events

TERRA LAW IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT JONATHAN CARTER IS NOW A DIRECTOR OF THE FIRM.

Terra Law Corporation is pleased to announce that Jonathan Carter has been made a director of the firm. Jonathan’s practice focuses on commercial real estate development and he advises clients on matters relating to the acquisition

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05 January 201730 April 2019|Industry News & Events, Terra Publications

City of Vancouver Vacancy Tax

In the fall of 2016, at the request of the City of Vancouver, the Province amended the Vancouver Charter to provide City Council with the authority to impose, by bylaw, an annual vacancy tax on a parcel of “taxable property”.

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21 December 201630 April 2019|Firm News & Events, Industry News & Events, Terra Publications

Terra Law represents purchaser on the completed sale of the Oakridge Transit Centre lands, one of the largest real estate transactions in BC’s history!

TransLink announces sale of Oakridge Transit Centre lands.

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08 September 201630 April 2019|Firm News & Events

Beverly Ellingson and Glenn Leung Selected to be Listed in Lexpert® Special Edition

The Lexpert Special Edition on Leading Canadian Lawyers in Infrastructure includes the profiles of two lawyers from Terra Law Corporation: Beverly Ellingson and Glenn Leung. Here is the link to the digital edition of Lexpert.

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08 April 201630 April 2019|Terra Publications

BC COURT OF APPEAL RULES ON REAL ESTATE FRAUD CASE

Real estate financing transactions are once again facing scrutiny due to a recent fraud case involving a lender, its customers (the borrowers) and the purported discharge of the borrower’s existing mortgage (Lin v. CIBC Mortgages Inc. – December 18, 2015).

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18 February 201630 April 2019|Terra Publications

Changes to Property Transfer Tax in BC

On February 16, 2016, as part of the BC Government’s 2016 budget announcement, the Government introduced several changes to the property transfer tax regime in British Columbia.

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