British Columbia Business Disputes

Your practice-oriented guide to commercial litigation in British Columbia

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Highlights of the 2013 Update

• new Limitation Act implications
  • reduced limitation period for civil conspiracy claims
  • new limitation periods for construction claims
  • end of “wait and see” approach to contribution and apportionment
  • clarification of limitation periods for environmental contamination claims
  • new test for discoverability in construction claims
• new and enhanced discussions
  • litigation over deposits in failed real estate transactions
  • material misrepresentations in commercial real estate disputes
  • third-party claims in construction disputes
  • change of work provisions in construction contracts
  • Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act
• comprehensive survey of appellate jurisprudence on broad scope of commercial disputes

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CLEBC Legal Editor
L. Joy Tataryn
joyt@cle.bc.ca

CONTENTS
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Chapters

1. Business Defamation

2. Fiduciary Duty

3. Unjust Enrichment

4. Misrepresentation

5. Interference with Business Relationships

6. Breach of Confidence

7. Conspiracy

8. Commercial Real Estate Disputes

9. Construction Disputes

10. Environmental Disputes

11. Product Liability

12. Shareholder Remedies

13. Intellectual Property Disputes

14. Damages and Remedies

15. Contribution and Apportionment

Tables
Case Table
Statute Table
References

Index

Features

• regular updates
• tables of cases and statutes
• comprehensive index
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
David A. Crerar — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Ludmila B. Herbst — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
James C. MacInnis — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver

Authors
Beth Allard — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Stephen S. Antle — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Wendy A. Baker, QC — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
David A. Crerar — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Mark E. Fancourt-Smith — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Monika B. Gehlen — Davis LLP, Vancouver
Jonas H. Gifford — Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Vancouver
Geoffrey B. Gomery, QC — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Ludmila B. Herbst — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Kenneth J. Ihas — Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP, Kelowna
Timothy P. Lo — Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Vancouver
James C. MacInnis — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Michelle T. Maniago — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Karen Martin — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Brent A. Meckling — Taylor Veinotte Sullivan, Vancouver
Jennifer M. Spencer — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Teresa M. Tomchak — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Scott A. Turner — Burns, Fitzpatrick, Rogers, Schwartz & Turner LLP, Vancouver
Graham Walker — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Stephen T.C. Warnett — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
David Wotherspoon — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver