CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Teresa Sheward — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Lindsay D. Goldberg — Fulton & Company LLP, Vancouver

Procedural Overview (9:10 – 10:15)

• demands for payment
• where to commence a foreclosure proceeding—local venue
• who to name as respondents in a foreclosure proceeding
• what relief to seek in a foreclosure proceeding
• giving notice of hearings
• dealing with self-represented litigants

Lindsay D. Goldberg — Fulton & Company LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:15 – 10:30)

Order Nisi and Order Absolute (10:30 – 11:20)

• the nature of the Order Nisi
• marshalling evidence
• what relief to seek at the hearing
• self-represented litigants
• your duty to the court
• options available to the court
• orders absolute

Randie Wilson — Randie Wilson Law Corporation, Vancouver

Order for Conduct of Sale and Order Approving Sale (11:20 – 11:55)

• jurisdiction
• who can apply for conduct or approval of sale, and when?
• listing the property
• approval of sales
• varying or appealing an order approving a sale

Lindsay D. Goldberg — Fulton & Company LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH with Featured Speaker (provided to in-person registrants) (11:55 – 1:10)

"10 Red Flags in Residential Appraisals"
Adam Lawrenson, BBA, AACI. P, APP — ADLAW Appraisals Ltd., Vancouver

View from the Bench (1:10 – 1:50)

• drafting tips
• counsel best practices
• what we have learned (theoretically) as a result of COVID-19 practices
• Q & A

Master Sandra L. Dick — Supreme Court of BC, Nanaimo
Master Kimberley A. Robertson — Supreme Court of BC, New Westminster

Costs and Protective Disbursements (1:50 – 2:25)

Costs:

• • background
  • the rule
  • the exceptions
  • assessment

Protective disbursements:

• • background/definition
  • recoverability

Peter J. Reardon — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:25 – 2:40)

Special Considerations when Representing Subordinate Mortgagees in Foreclosure (2:40 – 3:15)

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

Practice Points and Procedure where Mortgagors are Deceased, Under Legal Disablity, or Separating/Divorcing (3:15 – 3:50)

• foreclosing on deceased borrowers
• foreclosing on incompetent borrowers
• considerations when brrowers are separated or involved in matrimonial proceedings
• reputational risk

Aron Hochhauser — Fulton & Company Law Corporation, Vancouver

Roundtable (3:50 – 4:30)

• farm debt mediation
• Income Tax Act, s. 116: non-resident tax
• GST issues
• Homeowners Protection Act: new home warranty coverage
• limitation issues
• statutory deemed trusts

Lindsay D. Goldberg — Fulton & Company LLP, Vancouver
Aron Hochhauser — Fulton & Company Law Corporation, Vancouver
Brian C. Markus — Brian C. Markus Law Corporation, Vancouver
Peter J. Reardon — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Randie Wilson — Randie Wilson Law Corporation, Vancouver