Industry News & Events

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...

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”.

Maison Development & Construction Ltd. v. Jefferson, 2015 BCSC 1329In a recent decision, the BC Supreme Court dealt with the doctrines of specific performance and frustration, and how they apply to the destruction of buildings prior to closing.

Lenders and their lawyers should be aware that the prohibition against “clogs on the equity of redemption” may become an issue in any transaction that includes a mortgage and an associated option to purchase in favour of the mortgage.

Condominium hotels are condominiums first, and hotels second.  Because of that, it is not uncommon for some of the hotel strata lot owners to second-guess the financial arrangement with the hotel manager and attempt to circumvent steep management fees by...

Title insurance has become much more relevant in British Columbia (“BC”) in recent years. Prior to that, it was customary for lenders and property owners in BC to rely on the protections afforded by the Torrens land title system in...

Electronic Delivery of Disclosure StatementsSection 15 was amended to permit a developer to provide disclosure statements, amendments to disclosure statement, phase disclosure statements and consolidated disclosure statements to purchasers by electronic means, but only with the written consent of the...

Options to renew and options to extend are phrases often used interchangeably by landlords and tenants in commercial leases even though there are material legal differences.