SERVICE OF COMMENCEMENT DOCUMENTS – ORDER VALIDATING SERVICE NO LONGER REQUIRED WHEN THERE IS ELECTRONIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE DEFENDANT Recently, the Court of King’s Bench released a memorandum of the decision made by the Honourable Applications Judge B.W. Summers, Toronto Dominion Bank v Halliday, 2022 ABKB 764, (“Halliday”) which provides guidance as to when an […]

Beware:  Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadian will take effect soon! Due to the skyrocketing housing prices, the Government of Canada has passed the “Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act” (“the Act”).  This Act will come into force on January 1, 2023 and would be valid for a […]

NEWHOUSE v GARLAND: DOCUMENTATION AND ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION The B.C Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision Newhouse v Garland 2022 BCCA 276, confirms the Chamber’s Judge Decision that the Appellant Ms. Patricia Newhouse failed to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that she and the deceased Bob Garland intended to hold […]