BCLI Forms Strata Property Law Project Committee

November 27, 2013

BY British Columbia Law Institute

Vancouver, 27 November 2013—The British Columbia Law Institute has formed a new project committee to assist it in carrying out its Strata Property Law—Phase Two Project. “This project committee brings together a diverse range of experts in the strata-property field,” commented committee chair Patrick Williams, “to tackle some of the most pressing issues in strata-property law in British Columbia.”

The members of the project committee are: 

Patrick Williams—Chair

     Clark Wilson LLP

Larry Buttress

     Real Estate Council of British Columbia

Garth Cambrey

     Cambrey Consulting Ltd.

Tony Gioventu

     Condominium Home Owners Association

Tim Jowett

     BC Land Title and Survey Authority

Judith Matheson

     Coldwell Banker Premier Realty

Elaine McCormack

     Alexander Holburn Beaudin Lang LLP

Doug Page

     BC Ministry Responsible for Housing

David Parkin

     City of Vancouver

Allen Regan

     Bayside Property Services Ltd.

Stanley Rule

     Sabey Rule LLP

Ed Wilson

     Lawson Lundell LLP

The committee will begin its work by examining the dissolution and winding up of stratas. From there, it will move on to consider other fundamental changes to stratas, and then selected issues relating to mixed-use and other complex stratas, leasehold stratas, common property, governance, insurance, and land titles.

The Strata Property Law—Phase Two Project is made possible by project funding from the Real Estate Foundation of BC, the Notary Foundation of BC, the BC Ministry Responsible for Housing, Strata Property Agents of BC, the Real Estate Council of BC, the Real Estate Institute of BC, the Association of BC Land Surveyors, and the Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association.

Backgrounders summarizing the issues taken up in the project and providing short biographies of committee members are available at the Strata Property Law – Phase Two project page.

The British Columbia Law Institute strives to be a leader in law reform by carrying out the best in scholarly law reform research and writing and the best in outreach relating to law reform. 

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Contact: Kevin Zakreski

Staff Lawyer

(604) 827-5336

[email protected]

Vancouver, 27 November 2013—The British Columbia Law Institute has formed a new project committee to assist it in carrying out its Strata Property Law—Phase Two Project. “This project committee brings together a diverse range of experts in the strata-property field,” commented committee chair Patrick Williams, “to tackle some of the most pressing issues in strata-property law in British Columbia.”

The members of the project committee are: 

Patrick Williams—Chair

     Clark Wilson LLP

Larry Buttress

     Real Estate Council of British Columbia

Garth Cambrey

     Cambrey Consulting Ltd.

Tony Gioventu

     Condominium Home Owners Association

Tim Jowett

     BC Land Title and Survey Authority

Judith Matheson

     Coldwell Banker Premier Realty

Elaine McCormack

     Alexander Holburn Beaudin Lang LLP

Doug Page

     BC Ministry Responsible for Housing

David Parkin

     City of Vancouver

Allen Regan

     Bayside Property Services Ltd.

Stanley Rule

     Sabey Rule LLP

Ed Wilson

     Lawson Lundell LLP

The committee will begin its work by examining the dissolution and winding up of stratas. From there, it will move on to consider other fundamental changes to stratas, and then selected issues relating to mixed-use and other complex stratas, leasehold stratas, common property, governance, insurance, and land titles.

The Strata Property Law—Phase Two Project is made possible by project funding from the Real Estate Foundation of BC, the Notary Foundation of BC, the BC Ministry Responsible for Housing, Strata Property Agents of BC, the Real Estate Council of BC, the Real Estate Institute of BC, the Association of BC Land Surveyors, and the Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association.

Backgrounders summarizing the issues taken up in the project and providing short biographies of committee members are available at the Strata Property Law – Phase Two project page.

The British Columbia Law Institute strives to be a leader in law reform by carrying out the best in scholarly law reform research and writing and the best in outreach relating to law reform. 

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Contact: Kevin Zakreski

Staff Lawyer

(604) 827-5336

[email protected]