Your Shed is on My Property

What can you do if your neighbours buildings extend onto your land? This is called encroachment and is the situation that two families in Abbotsford found themselves in.  The Gueldner’s purchased their rural estate property in 2002 with…

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Who is the Issue?

A recent decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court, Barnes Estate v. Barnes, contemplates the issue of DNA evidence when determining who inherits under a will.  This case concerns the distribution of the estate of Maymie Barnes who…

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Barbeau, Evans & Goldstein – E-Commerce Disputes Law Firm of the Year

We are pleased to announce that Barbeau, Evans & Goldstein has received an award from Acquisition International as the winner of the E-Commerce Disputes Law Firm of the Year.  We are honoured to receive such an award and…

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Enforceability of Ski Pass Releases

As we head into ski season in British Columbia, the recent case of Morgan v. Sun Peaks Resort Corporation delves into the issue of the enforceability of ski field releases.  It is very common when purchasing a ski…

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CRA Develops Political Activities Self-Assessment Tool

Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) has developed an online self-assessment tool for charities to use to determine if they are carrying on political activities and if those activities are within the limits of the Income Tax Act. The online…

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First Time Tax Credit for Charitable Donations

Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) has provided a Charitable donation tax credit calculator on their website.  A link to the calculator can be found here. For qualifying first time donors, CRA has published information regarding the First-Time Donor’s Super…

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Can a beneficiary force an Executor/Trustee to make an interim distribution from an Estate?

Although it is an established tenant of estate administration law in British Columbia that an executor has their “executor’s year” before they must start distributing the estate, a recent decision from  the Supreme Court of British Columbia has…

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C3s coming at the end of July

The British Columbia Business Corporations Act has been amended to provide for Canadian Contribution Companies (“CCC’s”) or (“C3’s”) which will be able to be incorporated in British Columbia from July 29, 2013.  C3s, which are based on a…

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Update on who gets to keep the Deposit

As an update to our prior posting on this matter, the British Columbia Court of Appeal have recently considered another factual scenario where the purchaser failed to complete on a contract of purchase and sale in the case…

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Trademark Clearinghouse is Open

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has opened a new Trademark Clearinghouse as part of its gTLD program (N.B. see here for our prior posting on gTLD’s). With this service Trademark holders can register their…

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