Advanced Conveyancing Topics for Legal Support Staff 2011
Course Date: June 10, 2011
Course Date: June 10, 2011
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
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