Strata Property Update 2025


Course Date: October 30, 2025

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 17min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Agenda ▼
 
Strata Property Basics (8:00 – 8:45) Optional recorded session
  • an overview of the foundational concepts of the Strata Property Act
  • learn how to read and decipher a strata plan
  • understand strata governance structures—how decisions are made and who makes them
Alyona Kokanova — Cleveland Doan LLP, White Rock
Shawn M. Smith — Cleveland Doan LLP, White Rock
 
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
 
Teresa Sheward — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Lisa N. Mackie — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer L. Neville — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster
 
General Meeting Basics (9:10 – 9:50)
  • notice periods
  • quorum
  • proxies
  • voter-called meeting
  • election of council
  • invalid meeting or vote—what to do?
Shawn M. Smith — Cleveland Doan LLP, White Rock
K. Kathrine Uppal — Bleay Both Uppal LLP, Vancouver
 
Solicitor's Grab Bag (9:50 – 10:20)
  • tips and tricks on typical solicitor matters, including:
    • easement review and registration
    • consent resolutions
    • s. 43 demands
    • subdivision and sale of common property
    • licenses
    • bylaws
Jennifer L. Neville — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster
 
BREAK (10:20 – 10:35)
 
Acting for Strata Corporations and Strata Owners: A Rental Primer (10:35 – 11:05)
  • updates to the RTA over the last year
  • tension between the SPA and RTA on certain requirements (e.g., notice of entry requirements)
  • a general overview of rentals in stratas, buying and selling a rented strata lot, moving into a rented strata lot, bylaw enforcement, and evictions
  • solicitor and litigator perspectives
Anil K. Aggarwal — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Lisa N. Mackie — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
 
Forming a Strata Corporation by Filing a Strata Plan (11:05 – 11:35)
  • what's involved in strata titling a property?
  • conversions
  • requirements of the owner developer
  • amending strata plans
  • mixed use developments
  • airspace parcels
  • sectioned stratas
  • strata types
  • phased stratas
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance LLP, Vancouver
 
Human Rights Update (11:35 – 12:05)
  • enforceability of occupancy limit bylaws
  • reasonable accommodation in the context of alteration requests—perfect accommodation not required
  • injury to dignity damages—increased ranges
Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
 
LUNCH (provided to in-person registrants) (12:05 – 1:05)
 
CRT Judicial Reviews (1:05 – 1:50)
  • assessing your case for judicial review
  • standard of review and available remedies
  • preparing your materials
  • getting your case to a hearing and dealing with self-represented litigants
  • making your case at the hearing
  • after judgment
Ben L. Scheidegger — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster
 
Strata Corporations as Employers (1:50 – 2:30)
  • top tips for lawyers advising strata corporations in their capacity as an employer
  • occupational health and safety considerations
  • employment standards, duty to accommodate, etc.
Taryn L. Mackie — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:30 – 2:45)
 
Case Law Update (2:45 – 3:30)
  • Applewood Holdings Inc. v. The Owners, Strata Plan EPS104, 2024 BCCRT 493
  • Simpson v. The Owners, Strata Plan BCS 3591, 2024 BCCRT 536
  • The Owners, Strata Plan KAS 1771 v. Flaman, 2024 BCSC 1242
  • Fisher v. The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3818, 2025 BCCRT 16
  • Ahlfield v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW 3156, 2025 BCCRT 459
  • Majithia v. The Owners, Strata Plan BCS3407, 2025 BCCRT 527
  • Pope v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW 3341, 2025 BCCRT 687
  • Owners of Strata Plan KAS 1886 v. Lemon, 2025 BCSC 1166
  • Murphy v. The Owners, Strata Plan VR 1291, 2025 BCSC 1270
  • Section 2 of the Owners, Strata Plan LMS 257 v. The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 257, 2025 BCSC 1985
Alyona Kokanova — Cleveland Doan LLP, White Rock
Amanda M. Magee — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Hasleen Sanghera — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster
Emily Sheard — Wilson McCormack Law Group, New Westminster
Eve Shen — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster
 
Court Appointed Administrators (3:30 – 4:00)
  • how to apply
  • the test for appointment
  • administrator orders
  • choosing administrators
  • advising administrators
Alexander J. Chang — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
 
Hot Topics Roundtable (4:00 – 4:45)
  • scenarios, practice management issues, case comments, hot topics
Moderator: Shawn M. Smith — Cleveland Doan LLP, White Rock
Alexander J. Chang — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Philip Dougan — Citadel Law Corporation, Vancouver
Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Lisa N. Mackie — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer L. Neville — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster
Ben L. Scheidegger — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster