CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Mark V. Lewis — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Case Law Update (9:05 – 10:05)

• case law based around the SCC cases
• Crystal Square Parking Corporation—enforceability of positive covenants in easements
• R. v. Vavilov—change in the test applicable to administrative/government decisions from correctness to reasonableness 
• the ongoing impact of Bhasin v. Hrynew as recently affirmed in both Callow v. Zollinger—duty of honest performance for contractual obligations and Wastech v. GVSDD—duty to exercise contractual discretion in good faith

Alyssa D. Bradley — Young Anderson, Vancouver
Julia K. Lockhart — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Andrew R. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:05 – 10:20)

AML and Fraud Tips (10:20 – 10:50)

• what the Law Society of BC wants you to know

Barbara K. Buchanan, QC — Practice Advisor, Conduct and Ethics, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:50 – 11:00)

Hot Topics (11:00 – 12:00)

• the BC crane-swing case, OSED Howe Street Vancouver Leaseholds Inc. v. FS Property Inc., 2020 BCSC 1066
  Chad Travis — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
• new Environmental Management Act changes
  Will J. Shaw — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
• lease litigation in the time of Covid-19
  Thomas D. Boyd — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
• Strata Parking Lease—recent BCSC Decision: One West Holding v. Strata Plan LMS2995
  Jonathan S. McLean — Stikeman Elliott LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH (12:00 – 12:30)

Subletting (12:30 – 1:00)

• why sublet instead of assign?
• landlord considerations
• drafting thoughts

Neil Davie — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver 

BREAK (1:00 – 1:10)

Land Owner Transparency Registry (LOTR) (1:10 – 2:10)

• key updates since recent launch
• administration vs. compliance and enforcement
• answers to common questions
• things to look out for in the near future

Government of BC
Tiffany Norman — Director, Finance Real Estate Data Analytics, Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Land Title and Survey Authority of BC
Reuben Danakody — Director and Administrator, Land Owner Transparency Registry Services, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (2:10 – 2:20)

Land Owner Transparency Registry Roundtable (2:20 – 3:20)

• application of LOTA and LOTA Regulation to sample ownership scenarios

Government of BC
Tiffany Norman — Director, Finance Real Estate Data Analytics, Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Land Title and Survey Authority of BC
Reuben Danakody — Director and Administrator, Land Owner Transparency Registry Services, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (3:20 – 3:30)

REDMA and Disclosure Statements Roundtable (3:30 – 4:30)

• how has CSAIR impacted disclosure statements and contracts?
• what has been the impact of Policy Statement 17?
• how do you change the number of phases being marketed?
• parking stalls and storage lockers—to lease or not to lease?
• how do you strike a balance between not enough and too much information disclosed?
• when do you use (and what do you include in) an "information statement"?

Mark V. Lewis — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Jonathan S. Carter — Terra Law Corporation, Vancouver
Arnon A. Dachner — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver 
Sarah W. Jones — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver