- Posts by Julia Winters
Partner and Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion OfficerJulia Winters is a partner practicing business law with Lawson Lundell’s Asia Pacific Group. She regularly assists clients with acquiring, selling and financing real property in a variety of asset classes, including office ...
Bad actors can effect a transfer or mortgage of land without the knowledge or authorization of the registered owner.
Title fraud can befall homeowners as well as owners of commercial or investment property, such as where a scam or rogue director purports to deal in land without bona fide authorization of the full board. For example, in 1264777 B.C. Ltd. v Gill, 2023 BCSC 131
On May 19, 2020, the British Columbia provincial government amended the Property Transfer Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 74/88, to take effect on June 1, 2020. The amendment introduces a new exemption for foreign entities and taxable trustees from the obligation to pay additional property transfer tax of 20% on acquisition of residential property within specified areas ...
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