CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Opening Prayer

Alec Dan — Musqueam Knowledge Keeper

Tax Issues Update

• the foreign buyer tax
• the vacancy tax
• the speculation tax

Noah M. Sarna — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Municipal Tax Sales

• accrual of arrears and delinquent property taxes
• the tax sale process: redemption or transfer
• special issues: tax sales and foreclosures

Elizabeth Anderson — Young Anderson, Vancouver

Strata Property Law Update

• interesting and significant developments in the last year
• short term accommodations/vacation rentals
• legalization of marijuana and the impact on strata corporations
• regulation 6.9: a change in the imposition of user fees
• winding up
• water leaks and insurance issues

Jennifer L. Neville — Hamilton & Company LLP, Vancouver

Questions & Discussion

Break

Manufactured Homes

• manufactured home ownership
• manufactured home transactions
• the operation of a manufactured home park
• manufactured homes on First Nations land

Michael Drouillard — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Brett Love — Department of Justice, Vancouver

Real Estate Development on First Nations Lands

• overview of different First Nations land regimes in BC
• practical points to consider when handling a residential conveyance of First Nations land

Jean Yuen — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver

Questions & Discussion

Lunch with Featured Speaker (12:30-1:00) 

“Stories of K_'emk'em'alay [Stories of before Vancouver]”
T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss — West Vancouver

Mortgages

• renewal and limitations
  
• GST super-priority issues
• lending to an estate
• recent case law
• private lending issues

Timothy J. Lack — Bridgehouse Law LLP, Vancouver

Break

Closing Complications: The Solicitor’s Perspective

• mortgage instructions—ensuring compliance and raising issues with requirements early on
• property transfer tax disclosure requirements
• client dies before closing—what to do?
• new builds
• mortgage payouts

Nicola D. Collins — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

Questions & Discussion

Break

Collapsing Deals

• case law update—where deals went wrong
• areas where residential real estate lawyers are most likely to encounter collapsing deals

Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney, Vancouver
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance Lawyers & Notaries Public, Vancouver

Whacky Titles & Charges: Cleaning Up Titles

• weird and whacky changes on title
• cleaning up junk charges on title
• fraud related real estate issues
• changes to real estate contact: impact on practice

Ron Usher — General Counsel, The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver

Hot Topics Roundtable: Closing Comments and Questions

Nicola D. Collins — Hammerberg Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Timothy J. Lack— Bridgehouse Law LLP, Vancouver
Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney, Vancouver
Jennifer L. Neville — Hamilton & Company LLP, Vancouver
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance Lawyers & Notaries Public, Vancouver
Ron Usher — General Counsel, The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver