CLE Online

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

Elder Joy Dockrey — Nehiyawak (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐊᐧᐠ) Plains Cree, Mental Health Contractor/Coordinator Star Elders, MCFD Circle 5 Indigenous Svs, Surrey

Case Law Update (9:10 – 10:10)

• partition and forced sales
• "subject to" clauses
• statutory covenants

Yarden Gershony — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP, Kelowna
Stefani Lefebvre — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP, Kelowna

BREAK (10:10 – 10:25)

Collapsing and Collapsed Deals: The Role of the Legal Representative (10:25 – 11:25)

• how to handle a collapsing, or collapsed deal, as a legal representative
• things to consider and steps to take
• what to do if you represent the innocent party
• what to do if you represent the defaulting party
• what happens once the deal has collapsed

Andrew P. Morrison — Shields Harney LLP, Vancouver
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (11:25 – 11:40)

Strata Property Update—Some Solutions for Challenging Situations (11:40 – 12:15)

• pandemic update
• strata corporation claims
• parking and storage lockers

Jennifer L. Neville — Hamilton & Company, New Westminster

LUNCH BREAK (12:15 – 1:00)

Tax Update (1:00 – 1:45)

• new GST rules for short term accommodation supplies and accommodation platform operators
• GST new housing rebate update
• current audit issues in property transfer tax and GST
• PTT planning and penalties—practice points
• proposed federal underutilized housing tax

Noah M. Sarna — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
Zheting Su — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Mortgage Lending Update: Timmy's Top 40 (1:45 – 2:15)

• an up-to-date look at the best practices, current case law, common errors, and helpful hints in mortgage lending

Timothy J. Lack — Redpoint Law LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:15 – 2:30)

Truing Up Web Filing Forms (2:30 – 3:00)

• overview of web filing process
• review of Practice Note 02-16
• tips on how to true up a web filing form that won't result in a defect notice
• resources and help materials

Larry S. Blaschuk — Registrar of Land Titles, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster

Professional Responsibility Obligations for Real Estate Lawyers (3:00 – 3:45)

• professional responsibility obligations with respect to avoiding dishonesty, crime and fraud, including money laundering
• common real estate scams and tips

Barbara K. Buchanan, QC — Practice Advisor, Conduct and Ethics, The Law Society of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (3:45 – 4:00)

Hot Topics Roundtable (4:00 – 5:00)

• review of Title, reviewing charges, Seawatch case, waiver form
• inadvertently acting as clients agent
• disputes between client and realtor (who referred you the deal)
• late day closings, breaches, and tendering
• vague and uncertain terms in the CPS and holdbacks
• insurance coverage
• notes to the statements of adjustments, merger, survival of reps
• implied undertakings
• other closing documents
• lawyer's duty to client vs. the client's insistence on something you think may not be true (e.g., the non-resident asserting that he/she is resident of Canada)

 Moderator: 
Ron Usher, J.D. — Commissioned Notary Public, R.I., General Counsel and Practice Advisor, The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia, Vancouver

Barbara K. Buchanan, QC — Practice Advisor, Conduct and Ethics, The Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Yarden Gershony — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP, Kelowna
Timothy J. Lack — Redpoint Law LLP, Vancouver
Stefani Lefebvre — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP, Kelowna
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance LLP, Vancouver
Noah M. Sarna — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
Zheting Su — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver