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Welcome and Introduction

D.G. Duff Waddell — Kaplan & Waddell, Vancouver

Power of Attorney

Kim A. Karras — Brawn Karras & Sanderson, Surrey

Escrow Closing

Kim A. Karras — Brawn Karras & Sanderson, Surrey

Tax Issues

• HST
• PTT
• s. 116 income tax issues

Bob C. Starkell — Bob C. Starkell Law Corporation, Vancouver

Networking Break

Corporations

• buying, selling, and mortgaging, including searches
• signing authorities
• directors’ resolutions and officers’ certificates
• extraprovincial companies and holding companies with trust arrangements
• other incorporated entities

Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

Private Mortgages

• conflicts
• instructions
• document preparation
• discharging private mortgages

Kim A. Karras — Brawn Karras & Sanderson, Surrey

Leaseholds: Procedures and Requirements

• UBC
• City of Vancouver
• SFU

Randall E. Cobbett — Cobbett & Cotton Law Corporation, Burnaby

Networking Lunch (with Nina Yee — Property Transfer Tax Audit and Business Integration Team Leader, Property Transfer Tax, Ministry of Finance, Victoria)

New Construction

• basic contract
• assignment of contract
• presales
• draw mortgages
• builders lien holdbacks
• collapsing transactions

D.G. Duff Waddell — Kaplan & Waddell, Vancouver

Vendor Issues

• who is the registered owner
• clearing title
• undertaking problems
• holdback issues
• non-resident vendors

Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

Co-ops

• what is a co-op

D.G. Duff Waddell — Kaplan & Waddell, Vancouver

Networking Break

Native Land Leaseholds

• what are Native lands?
• the nature of the registration process for Native lands
• guideposts

Bob C. Starkell — Bob C. Starkell Law Corporation, Vancouver

Miscellaneous

• e-filing tips
• undertakings
• PTT tips
• client ID verification

Randall E. Cobbett — Cobbett & Cotton Law Corporation, Burnaby

Practice Pitfalls

• types of mistakes leading to insurance claims
• when to contact Lawyers Insurance Fund

Marlon T. Song — Lawyers Insurance Fund, Law Society of BC, Vancouver