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Welcome and Introduction

The Use (Misuse, and Abuse) of Powers of Attorney in Real Estate Transactions

• “how to”, legal, and practice concerns that come up when a party to the transaction is using a POA document
• POA issues are one of the leading reasons for defect notices
• execution requirements for EPOA documents
• issues specific to buyers and sellers

Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

Escrow Closing

• why close in escrow
• sample documents
• irrevocable direction from clients
• potential problems and risks

Bob C. Starkell — Bob C. Starkell Law Corporation, Vancouver

Title Insurance

• what does it cover?
• what doesn’t it cover?
• when to use it?
• alternatives

Timothy J. Lack — Lunny Atmore LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Private Mortgages/Lender’s Perspective

• conflicts
• instructions
• specific clauses
• document preparation
• discharging private mortgages

Timothy J. Lack — Lunny Atmore LLP, Vancouver
Colleen Read — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

Developer’s Perspective and Builder’s Liens

• new buildings from developer’s lawyer’s perspective
• liens, deadlines, holdbacks, closings
• info. packs

Norman Chow — Vancouver

Networking Lunch

Corporations

• buying, selling, and mortgaging, including searches
• signing authorities
• directors’ resolutions and officers’ certificates

Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

Land Title Defects and How to Avoid Them

• common defects
  • general application errors
  • completion of form errors
  • power of attorney errors
    • enduring power of attorney errors
  • trusts
• how to avoid defects

Tim Jowett — Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster

Foreclosures

• process
• errors to avoid

David Jiang — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver 

Networking Break

5, 30 & 60 Days Post Closing

• CBA standard undertakings
• conveyancing file management
• obligations for representatives of buyers and sellers

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

Miscellaneous Practice Points

Robert F. Halifax — Cobbett & Cotton Law Corporation, Burnaby

Closing Remarks and Questions