In this case the court found that expert evidence proffered by the defendant in defence of a certification application did not meet the threshold requirements for the admissibility of independent expert evidence as required by authority due to the lack…

The actions, brought against the developer, builder, architect, sub-contractors and home warranty provider, concerned alleged defects in the Shangri-La building’s glass curtain wall. The class proceeding alleged that the defects amounted to a breach of the implied warranty of fitness…

In A Lawyer v the Law Society of British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 914, the court dismissed the lawyer’s petition for judicial review seeking to stay an investigation of his practice. The lawyer argued Charter grounds (section 8), sought administrative law…

Ken McEwan, K.C., Emily Kirkpatrick, and Saheli Sodhi, on behalf of the respondent Law Society of British Columbia, successfully argued that the Law Society’s authority to investigate a lawyer’s books, records and accounts on reasonable belief extends to a lawyer’s…