Samantha Ip on being a construction lawyer
The November 11, 2011 edition of The Lawyers Weekly features Samantha Ip discussing her career as a lawyer in the article Pre-teen dream job a ... Continued
Aaron Singer on Doing Business in Canada
Aaron Singer, Chair of our Corporate & Commercial and Private Company Transactions Groups, is quoted extensively in the November 2011 issue of Inside Counsel. The ... Continued
Arbitration of Commercial Disputes: A Primer for the Trial Lawyers Association of BC
Trial in a court of law is, of course, the most traditional process for having commercial disputes resolved by an independent decision-maker. However, the civil ... Continued
A Commentary on the Auto Insurance System in BC
Nigel Kent, the head of Clark Wilson’s Insurance Practice Group, was asked to be the keynote speaker at the “Ontario Auto Insurance Conference” hosted by ... Continued
Resolution of Estate Litigation
It is evident that a testator will be inviting conflict and discord to the family if he or she does not discharge basic moral parental ... Continued
Is dementia included as a mental health disease under the Mental Health Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c.288
Under the Mental Health Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.288 (“MHA”), is dementia included as a mental health disease? The MHA does not define “mental health disease”, ... Continued
Wills Variation Act and Fraudulent Conveyances
While there is a general common-law principle that a testator should be free to arrange for the distribution of his or her assets upon death, ... Continued
Stewart Muglich presents to mining sector accountants on Dodd-Frank
On November 4, 2011, Stewart Muglich was a guest speaker at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia – Mining Sector Forum, where he ... Continued
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act“) came into force on July 21, 2010 and was designed to “promote the ... Continued
Mark Longo and Brock Smith on M&A do’s and don’ts
On November 3, 2011, Mark Longo and Brock Smith of our Technology group presented on the Anatomy of an M&A Deal at the British Columbia ... Continued
The Outlook for Development and Investment in 2012
This article summarizes the Urban Land Institute British Columbia’s annual networking breakfast in November, where attendees heard about North American real estate prospects for 2012 and where the Vancouver market fits.
BC Court of Appeal Fails to Clarify Scope of PAU
On October 27, 2011, the BC Court of Appeal released reasons in the case of Moldovan v. Republic Western Insurance Company, the latest chapter in ... Continued