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The Insurance Council of BC and Continuing Education
August 27, 2018

The Insurance Council of BC and Continuing Education

The Insurance Council of British Columbia is taking steps to actively identify licensees who have not completed their continuing education program.

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Takeaways from the CSA 2017/2018 Enforcement Report
August 24, 2018

Takeaways from the CSA 2017/2018 Enforcement Report

The Canadian Securities Administrators recently released its 2017/2018 enforcement report, identifying numbers and strategic areas that they intend to pursue while also reporting on decreased overall activity in the enforcement of securities legislation in Canada

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Ascendion Law Wins in BC's First Mine Spill Prosecution since Mt. Polley
August 14, 2018

Ascendion Law Wins in BC's First Mine Spill Prosecution since Mt. Polley

Ascendion Law wins in British Columbia's first mine spill prosecution since Mt. Polley.

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Ministry of Mines Enforcement Report 2018
August 8, 2018

Ministry of Mines Enforcement Report 2018

The Ministry of Energy and Mines recently released its operational plan for 2017/2018, also containing its prospective plan for its activities in 2018 and 2019.

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New Mining Risk Enforcement Framework
August 1, 2018

New Mining Risk Enforcement Framework

The Ministry of Energy and Mines recently released its risk management framework for mining in British Columbia, one of the first new regulatory documents coming out of the reformed ministry structure in British Columbia for Mining, Energy and Petroleum resources.

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Chilwin Cheng in the News
April 30, 2018

Chilwin Cheng in the News

You may have seen Chilwin in the news recently in the Vancouver Sun, and his criticism of the court process that was set up to deal with the case...

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What's in a Debt Claim?
April 26, 2018

What's in a Debt Claim?

Most of us understand debt collection on the surface, but what we don’t often see is the finer points of a debt claim and what should be included.

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Rethinking Discovery
April 6, 2018

Rethinking Discovery

Checkout Chilwin's latest article in the April 2018 issue of BarTalk.

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Litigation Involving Out-of-Province Litigants
March 18, 2018

Litigation Involving Out-of-Province Litigants

There is a body of law governing the international aspects of contracts. First, the courts look to whether there is a clause in the contract that names a jurisdiction as the proper law of the contract and the place in which litigation will take place...

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BC Security Commission Multimillion Dollar Order + Penalty
June 8, 2016

BC Security Commission Multimillion Dollar Order + Penalty

The Court of Appeal recently affirmed the BC Securities Commission’s decision to impose significant fines on a purported financial advisor selling exempt market products in Michaels v. British Columbia Securities Commission, 2016 BCCA 144.

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