Creditors' Remedies 2020


Course Date: November 13, 2020

Full Course Materials
Total: 4h 37min
Total Ethics: 30min

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Raymond LeeCLEBC, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowanBorden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Hunter ParsonsBorden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Bankruptcy Remedies (9:05 – 9:40)

  • pros and cons of bankrupting a debtor
  • requirements for a bankruptcy application
  • powers of trustee
  • preference payments and transfers at undervalue
  • creditors' power to pursue their own proceedings
  • recovery as condition of discharge

Kimberley A. RobertsonLawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Fraudulent Transactions and Equitable Remedies (9:40 – 10:35)

D. Ross McGowanBorden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:35 – 10:45)

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (10:45 – 11:15)

  • what is a "foreign judgment"?
  • how is it enforced in BC?
  • various defences to claims based on a foreign judgment
  • application of the Court Order Enforcement Act
  • developments in the enforcement of foreign non-monetary judgments

Hunter ParsonsBorden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Garnishing Orders: Ten Things to Consider (11:15 – 11:40)

  • learn what can be garnished
  • discussion of pitfalls that can lead to your garnishing order being set aside

Alex Cocks — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Statutory Enforcements: Liens (11:40 – 12:20)

  • builders liens
  • woodworkers liens

David McKenzieJenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:20 – 12:50)

Acting for the Debtor (12:50 – 1:30)

  • magical defences
  • tricks of the trade
  • dealing with judgments
  • setting aside garnishment

Gerald A. (Gerry) Cutler, QCCuttler & Company, Vancouver

Process for Seizure for Sale and Execution (1:30 – 2:10)

Sherryl DuboMcMillan Dubo Law Group, Kamloops

BREAK (2:10 – 2:25 )

View from the Bench (2:25 – 2:50)

The Honourable Edward C. Chiasson, QCBorden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (2:50 – 3:00)