May 24, 2016

BCLI Announces Re-Appointment of Thomas Spraggs to Board of Directors

The British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Justice has re-appointed Thomas Spraggs to our Board of Directors. Mr Spraggs is the owner and operator of Spraggs and Company Law Corporation, which specializes in personally injury law. He has served on the Board for Read more…

May 16, 2016

Civil Resolution Tribunal planning early intake for strata-property disputes

BCLI is engaged in a project to reform aspects of strata-property law. But it isn’t the only organization in British Columbia that is working on reforms in this area. Another significant initiative involves the resolution of strata-property disputes. On this front, the planned Civil Resolution Tribunal is taking steps toward launching Read more…

May 10, 2016

New Societies Transitional Interim Regulation

Late last month, the Executive Council for British Columbia promulgated a new Societies Transitional Interim Regulation. This short regulation deals with three transitional matters for societies: it clarifies that a special resolution may include a special resolution as defined in section 1 of the old Society Act—this is significant in light Read more…

May 6, 2016

Manitoba Law Reform Commission publishes issue paper on land titles and trusts

The Manitoba Law Reform Commission is studying the effect that certain kinds of trusts have on the operation of Manitoba’s land-title system. In its just-published Issue Paper on Indefeasibility of Title and Resulting and Constructive Trusts (PDF) the commission is taking on the following topics: the paper explores the issue of Read more…

April 25, 2016

Common-Law Tests of Capacity Project featured on Common Law Radio

BCLI’s Common-Law Tests of Capacity Project was featured on a recent episode of Vancouver Co-op Radio’s program Common Law Radio. BCLI staff lawyer Kevin Zakreski appeared on the program to discuss the current law on mental capacity and the project’s recommendations for reform. The episode is available online on the Common Read more…