Foreclosure Practice 2023


Course Date: March 31, 2023

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 15min
Total Ethics: 1h 25min

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

Teresa Sheward Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Lindsay D. GoldbergFulton & Company LLP, Vancouver

Procedural Overview (9:10 – 10:15)

  • demands for payment
  • where to commence a foreclosure proceedinglocal 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. GoldbergFulton & 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. GoldbergFulton & 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. GoldbergFulton & 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