CLE Online

Introduction

Andrew A. Bury — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay D. Goldberg — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

Procedural Overview

• demand
• acceleration and reinstatement
• commencement of proceedings
• what relief to seek

Andrew A. Bury — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver

Order Nisi

• parties and service
• gathering evidence
• terms of relief
• the court application and the order

Geoffrey Thompson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Order for Conduct of Sale and Order Approving Sale

• timing and parties
• sales to a party, appraisals, and bids
• relief and the process after an order is made

Robert J. Ellis — Ellis, Roadburg, Vancouver

Networking Break

Order Absolute

• the application
• extension of the redemption period
• effect of the Order Absolute and re-opening

Lindsay D. Goldberg — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

Mortgage Enforcement on Aboriginal Lands

• modifications to your foreclosure practice involving reserve lands
• how land searches are different over reserve lands
• how filing of foreclosure proceedings are different for reserve lands
• the types of mortgage interests you will be foreclosing on reserve lands
• how the Indian land registry system is different from the land title Torrens system

Tom R.I. Dusevic — Dusevic & Co., Burnaby

Networking Lunch Break

Priorities

• between mortgagees
• effect of other charges and fixtures
• government claims and judgment creditors

Mark R. Davies — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Subordinate Chargeholders

• when to start foreclosure proceedings
• when to apply for conduct of sale and how to keep it
• what is the effect of a forbearance agreement by the first chargeholder
• the effect of s. 28 Property Law Act on subsequent advances
• marshalling
• rights of assignment: how to evaluate and manipulate what is being assigned
• rights of redemption: when and how much
• orders for receivers: who is responsible for repairs to the property
• bill of costs: what can a subordinate chargeholder challenge; examination of the first chargeholder’s accounting

Brian C. Markus — Brian C. Markus Law Corporation, Vancouver

Networking Break

Civil and Criminal Forfeiture

• statutory authority
• case law
• practice considerations

Civil: Peter D. Ameerali — Ministry of Justice, Victoria
Criminal: Raymond D. Leong — Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Vancouver

View from the Bench

• what the registry likes (and does not like)
• what a master likes (and does not like)
• best practices for managing your files

Master Peter Keighley — Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster

Concluding Remarks

Andrew A. Bury — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver
Lindsay D. Goldberg — McMillan LLP, Vancouver