18 Jul Trinden Enterprises Ltd. v. Ramsay

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           In March 2002, Mr. Cocco, the principal of the plaintiff company, Trinden Enterprises Ltd. (“Trinden”), entered a contract to purchase two acres of vacant industrial land at 1368 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam. The defendant Mr. Ramsay refused to complete the sale in mid-May 2002. The plaintiff company sued for specific performance. In February 2004, Meiklem J. held that the plaintiff was entitled to damages and not specific performance. This decision is indexed at 2004 BCSC 226. An assessment of damages was overturned on appeal and led to this re-trial. I find that the plaintiffs are entitled to damages for the reasons that follow.The Parties...

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26 Jun Cunnington v. Bloomfield

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             Ms. Cunnington sought damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred 20 September 2006. Her two-day trial before a jury took place on November 14 and 15, 2011. The jury awarded the plaintiff $4,000 non-pecuniary damages, and $1,000 special damages. The defendant had offered to settle the plaintiff’s claim for $12,500 and disbursements on October 14, 2011....

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24 Feb Kirk v. Kloosterman

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             On September 25, 2009, after a four-week trial, a jury handed down its decision regarding the liability and damages claims of the plaintiff, Ronald Kirk, arising from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on September 3, 2006. The jury apportioned liability 85% against the defendant, Jessica Kloosterman, and 15% against the plaintiff....

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24 Dec Bain v. Bain

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

           Mr. Bain seeks increased access to his two children; Tyra, age 11, and Alanna, age 8. As well he sought to vary child maintenance ordered by R. Holmes J. on June 12, 2006. He also sought an accounting of monies held in trust although no material was put in front of me regarding that and indeed not mentioned in his outline....

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28 Apr Ruzic v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Posted at 00:00h in Motor Vehicle Accident

             This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of a master made February 15, 2008, dismissing the plaintiff’s application that the defendant produce a list of the motor vehicles owned by some 360 inhabitants of four multi-residential buildings in Vancouver, and the drivers’ licence photos of those named persons. The plaintiff also sought to adduce new evidence at the hearing but I am satisfied that the historical material was properly considered at an earlier stage.Background...

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