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Sidhu v. The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, 2011 BCSC 1117 (CanLII),

Arson severely damaged the Plaintiffs’ home. The entire family was home asleep when the arson occurred from a window broken in the master bedroom where the father was sleeping and an incendiary device thrown into the room. The insurance company falsely accused the father of setting the fire. The Plaintiffs proved they were entitled to […]

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Vink v. I.C.B.C, 2009 BCPC 266 (CanLII),

The Claimant was accused by ICBC of driving while incapable of operation of her vehicle due to alcohol consumption. The Claimant had been forced off the road due to heavy winds. She had consumed some wine at dinner, but the court found alcohol consumption was not connected to the accident.

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Langley, Bevans and Julson v. Brownjohn, 2007 BCSC 156 (CanLII),

Plaintiffs were children of a father whom had left no Will and had entrusted the title of his home to his son in law. Father owed son in law some money as well. After Father passed away, son in law took 8 years to sell the property and claimed he owed the 3 children nothing […]

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R. v. Martin, 2002 BCPC 49 (CanLII),

The Accused was alleged to have been driving his truck while his blood alcohol level was in excess of the criminal legal limit. The defense established a problem with the breathalyzer, an expired test solution, which made the readings unreliable and the accused was acquitted.

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A Speedy Solutions Oil Tank Removal Inc. v. Horvath Estate, 2012 BCSC 787 (CanLII),

Plaintiff did contaminated soil removal work on property. The contamination was extensive and had gone onto the neighbor’s property. Owner refused to pay the bill and alleged the bill was unfairly high. The Plaintiff proved the amount of its lien and account and defended all allegations of unfairness.

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Desta v. Tadesse, 2015 BCSC 1183 (CanLII),

Family had originally purchased home using savings of all 4 children, but only one child had good enough credit to qualify for a mortgage. The mother arranged for help from a “family friend” to go on title as a trustee and help with the mortgage financing. The “family friend” turned out to be an aunt […]

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Ali v Ali, 2018 BCSC 22 (CanLII),

The family purchased a house together, and originally mother, father, daughter, and daughter-in-law were on title. Daughter had a good job and good credit but it was alleged that she made no actual material contribution to the house purchase or the mortgage. When the family refinanced the mortgage, Mother and Father transferred title to Daughter […]

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Trudeau v Turpin Estate, 2019 BCSC 150 (CanLII),

Mother had 4 daughters and resided on her property with one of them, Dorothy. Dorothy was a stay at home mother while the other three daughters were all single parents who struggled financially. The Will gave 60% to Dorothy, 30% to 2nd daughter, and 5% to each of the two Plaintiffs. There was evidence of […]

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Rutkowski v. Castro, 2020 BCPC 117 (CanLII),

The claimants had hired a real estate agent to sell their home. The agent had promised the claimants a reduced commission of $20,000 but also got the client to sign a listing agreement with a commission rate of $43,000. The reduced commission was evidenced by another written agreement but the agent claimed the buyer had […]

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