On September 16, 2014, I blogged concerning the filing of a Notice of Civil Claim in British Columbia in Adolfo Garcia v. Tahoe Resources Inc. That case concerns a claim against a Canadian parent company for mining activities conducted through a foreign subsidiary in Guatemala. I noted a trend towards seeking redress against Canadian parent mining companies in Canadian ...
It is common for contracts to contain exclusion clauses limiting the liability of one party in the event of a breach. Professional service providers often seek to limit their liability to the fees paid to them. Movers limit their exposure to the value of the goods transported. Contracts for the sale of land generally cap a purchaser’s remedy for breach to the return of the ...
In a decision released November 10, 2014, the BC Court of Appeal rejected an attempt to create a novel common law defence in the law of defamation against so-called SLAPP suits. In Northwest Organics, Limited Partnership v. Maguire, 2014 BCCA 454, the court upheld the chambers judge’s decision and declined to radically change the law of defamation by introducing such a ...
British Columbia has 28 Supreme Court registries scattered around the eight judicial districts (known as “counties”) being Cariboo, Kootenay, Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Westminster and Yale. Ordinarily, a civil claim or petition can be commenced in whichever of those registries the claimant chooses. However, for some types of claims there are ...
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