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A Case for Electronic Trials
July 15, 2025

A Case for Electronic Trials

We all need to take stock of the changes made out of necessity during the lockdown periods and assess which of these are beneficial in the long term.

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A Guide to Mining Litigation in BC
September 6, 2025

A Guide to Mining Litigation in BC

Mining in British Columbia is heavily regulated. There is a myriad of statutes regulating the access, possession, and use of physical land and the minerals contained on such land and regulating activities we call mining.

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Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP): What We Learned from BC’s Mining Violations
September 6, 2025

Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP): What We Learned from BC’s Mining Violations

Since February 2017, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation (EMLI) has been issuing Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP) to support the enforcement of the Mines Act, associated regulations, and permits issued under the Act.

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Celebrating the Lunar New Year
July 15, 2025

Celebrating the Lunar New Year

This year, 2022, is a time to seize opportunities brought by the many changes our world, and our profession, have undergone in the last two years.

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Commentary - R. v Saad
July 15, 2025

Commentary - R. v Saad

The state really is watching you: The courts blur, again, the distinction between public and private information in a regulatory prosecution. A case comment on R. v Saad, 2021 BCSC 1117 (CanLII).

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Commentary - R. v Stevikova
July 15, 2025

Commentary - R. v Stevikova

In R. v Stevikova, the accused successfully appealed a sentence imposed after a conviction under the Wildlife Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 488.

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Don't Even Try It: Obstructing an investigation even means you can obstruct a non-investigation
July 15, 2025

Don't Even Try It: Obstructing an investigation even means you can obstruct a non-investigation

Here's why you should not obstruct an investigation.

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Even Silence May Breach the Duty of Honest Contractual Performance
July 15, 2025

Even Silence May Breach the Duty of Honest Contractual Performance

In December 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided in C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, refining and expanding the contractual duty of honest performance recognized in Bhasin v. Hrynew ...

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Fairness Opinions in Plans of Arrangements
July 15, 2025

Fairness Opinions in Plans of Arrangements

In 2014, corporate and securities lawyers across Canada united with grave concern over the Ontario Superior Court of Justice's decision in Champion Iron Mines, 2014 ONSC 1988.

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Fix Your Corporate Year-end Headaches with Rectification Orders
July 15, 2025

Fix Your Corporate Year-end Headaches with Rectification Orders

Corporate law practice presents many opportunities to commit minor slips and errors. Shareholders go missing. Paralegals forget to file annual reports...

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From the Courtroom to Zoom
July 15, 2025

From the Courtroom to Zoom

With a video court hearing, you can see the reactions of other counsel in a way that is not possible when you are always sitting beside them.

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Is There a Deadline Before Which I Must Start My Lawsuit?
July 15, 2025

Is There a Deadline Before Which I Must Start My Lawsuit?

In British Columbia (any other jurisdictions may have different rules), and with several exceptions, you must start your lawsuit within two years after you discover that you may have a lawsuit...

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Key Insights into Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs): Lessons from Recent Cases
July 15, 2025

Key Insights into Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs): Lessons from Recent Cases

Our white paper can help mining companies subject to administrative action by the Chief Inspector predict the average fines and penalties they may receive. This data set provides insight into which factors are more likely to either mitigate or increase a potential penalty.

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Legislating a Suspension of Breach of Contract Due to COVID-19
July 15, 2025

Legislating a Suspension of Breach of Contract Due to COVID-19

The provincial government should introduce legislation to prohibit the right to sue for breach of contract when the alleged breach is the failure to supply goods or services or to pay money, and where such failure was caused by the compliance of a party or its employees as the case may be, with "stay at home orders" issued by a governmental authority.

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Litigation Involving Out-of-Province Litigants
July 15, 2025

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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Managing the Hybrid Workforce
July 15, 2025

Managing the Hybrid Workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us in many ways, including how we work. Hybrid workforces with flexible hours have become part of our everyday practice...

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Ministry of Mines Enforcement Report 2018
July 15, 2025

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
July 15, 2025

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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Preparing a Great Chronology
July 15, 2025

Preparing a Great Chronology

Here is a process of producing the best, most detailed chronology you can for your lawyer.

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Remedies and Damages: 3 Cases We’re Watching
July 15, 2025

Remedies and Damages: 3 Cases We’re Watching

Ontario Court of Appeal reverses $11M real estate award, upholding presumptive approach to damages in real estate.

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Takeaways from the CSA 2017/2018 Enforcement Report
July 15, 2025

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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The Benefits of Decision Analysis
July 15, 2025

The Benefits of Decision Analysis

Decision analysis is a discipline with universal use in other fields such as operations research, finance, project management, among many others.

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The Insurance Council of BC and Continuing Education
July 15, 2025

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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What's in a Debt Claim?
July 15, 2025

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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Why Lawyers are Bad Mediators
July 15, 2025

Why Lawyers are Bad Mediators

Lawyers are bad mediators when working in a win-win paradigm but operating with a lose-win approach.

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Working With Your Regulator While Police Watch
July 15, 2025

Working With Your Regulator While Police Watch

Your phone rings. Your client is panicking. A regulator tells them that investigators and the police will be at their site the next day investigating an incident.

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You Don't Have to be Alone on Blue Monday
July 15, 2025

You Don't Have to be Alone on Blue Monday

Blue Monday reminds lawyers that we report rates of mental illness, substance abuse, self-harm, and debilitating anxiety at rates higher than the population average. One thing we can do to advance this cause of maturely dealing with this workplace hazard is to eliminate the “get over it” culture.

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