Real Estate
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January 07, 2025
Lessons from RECO: Shared wells and rural real estate | Harjot Atwal
“We have what we need, if we use what we have.” — Edgar Cahn
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January 07, 2025
JURISDICTION - Domestic issues (between Canadian jurisdictions) - Determination of - Jurisdiction conferred by statute
Appeal by appellant from stay of British Columbia proceeding in relation to its civil claim against respondents.
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January 06, 2025
Government bills die on order paper as Parliament prorogues, Justin Trudeau announces departure as PM
After more than nine years as Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau announced that Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025, and that he will step down as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada once his successor has been chosen “through a robust nationwide competitive process.”
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January 06, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds return of aircraft order, clarifies legal test for replevin order
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a replevin order requiring the return of an aircraft to its owner, rejecting arguments that an applicant seeking such an order is required to establish a risk of disposal of the property.
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January 03, 2025
B.C. increases income, property value thresholds for renter’s tax credit, homeowner grant
British Columbia has increased the income threshold for its renter’s tax credit and the property value threshold for the homeowner grant to help B.C. residents with their housing costs in 2025, according to a Jan. 2 provincial government release
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January 03, 2025
Miller Thomson expands Waterloo office with two lawyers
Miller Thomson announced that lawyers David Jutzi and Lee Sauer have joined the firm as associate counsel, effective Jan. 2, 2025, enhancing the firm’s Corporate M&A and Private Client Services practices in the Waterloo Region of Southern Ontario.
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January 02, 2025
Cassels welcomes 10 new partners in 2025
The following lawyers have been admitted into the Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP partnership for 2025:
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January 02, 2025
Novel family violence tort, solicitor-client privilege & insurance are on the SCC’s winter menu
What does Canadian securities law mean by making timely disclosure of “material” changes? Should the judiciary create a new tort of “family violence”? Were a lawyer’s Charter rights breached as a result of police wiretapping her phone call to a client?
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January 02, 2025
Key deadlines, tax compliance for executors and trustees
I have previously written about executors’ tax compliance responsibilities. In the past two-plus years since that article, there have been a number of changes of which executors and trustees should be aware. This article provides an overview of key tax compliance responsibilities of executors and trustees and highlights some of these recent changes.
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December 24, 2024
B.C. court refuses to certify overdose prevention site class action over lack of common issues
The B.C. Supreme Court has refused to certify a proposed class action alleging private and public nuisance related to disorderly conduct by the users of an overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver.