CLE Online

Day 1: Thursday, April 19, 2018

Welcome and Introduction

Craig W. Shirreff — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Sergio C. Custodio — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Land in British Columbia

• Torrens system
• First Nations land
• defining a parcel
• the title search
• exceptions from title
• strata titles

Brian D. MacKay — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Statement of Adjustments

• purpose
• specific types:
  • tax
    
  • rent
  • commissions
  • holdbacks

Damon J. Chisholm — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Break

Drafting the Purchase Contract

• parties and property
• representations
• conditions

Stacey J. Handley — Gowling WLG, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Commercial Property

• who is the seller?
• who is the buyer?
• what is being bought/sold?
• leases
• service contracts and equipment leases
• project documents
• labour and employment
• purchase price
• environmental

Neil R.A. Davie — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Networking Lunch

Tax Issues

• Income tax
  • principal residence
  • non-resident vendors and withholding
• Property Transfer Tax
• Goods and Services Tax
• Empty Homes Tax
• Foreign Buyers Tax

Hardeep S. Gill — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Due Diligence

• title review
• types of searches: what to search and why
• material contract and document review
• additional considerations for specific transactions
• title insurance

Allison M. MacInnis — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Break

Best Practices for Small Firm Real Estate Practitioners

• professional courtesy
• know your client rules
• family Transfers
• fraudulent Conveyances
• staff Supervision
• what is a Simple Conveyance
• independent legal advice
• trust accounting
• insurance issues

Timothy J. Lack — Lunny Atmore LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Craig W. Shirreff — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Sergio C. Custodio — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Day 2: Friday, April 20, 2018

Closing Procedures

• payment of funds
• registration order
• coordination with lenders
• electronic registration

Sarah Batut — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

E-Filing

• document preparation and filing
• impact on your practice
• transaction demands vs Land Title Office requirement

Mike Walker — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Break

Undertakings

• ethical considerations
• nature of undertaking 
• general guidelines
  

Aneez Devji — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Mortgages

• key components of a mortgage
• lender requirements
• due diligence affecting mortgages
• priority issues
• mechanics of funding and registration

Laura Smith — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Networking Lunch

"Under the Covers": What Lawyers' Insurance Covers, and What it Doesn't Cover

Coran Cooper-Stephenson — Claims Counsel, Lawyers Insurance Fund, Vancouver
Maryanne Prohl — Claims Counsel, Lawyers Insurance Fund, Vancouver

Waterfront Properties

• erosion and accretion
• using the submerged and foreshore areas adjacent to private land
• riparian rights of access
• subdivision of submerged lands - how to avoid losing land

Sandra J. Benson — Supervising Solicitor of the Resource, Environment and Land Law Group, British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria

Questions and Discussion

The Collapsing Deal: When Things Go Wrong

• elections on breach of Contract
• tender
• specific performance
• claiming the deposit
• damages
• restrictions on dealing with land pending litigation

Lisa Martz — Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion

Break

Hot Topics Panel

• 80% threshold charge on winding up stratas
• airspace parcels
  • agreements and procedures
  • mixed use developments
• LTSA e-filing audit
• CPL's on title
  • what do they mean
  • how to remove them
• Civil Dispute Resolution Tribunal
• legislative update

Sergio C. Custodio — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Timothy J. Lack — Lunny Atmore LLP, Vancouver
Craig W. Shirreff — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver