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JAN

2023

BC’s 3 Day Cooling Off Period

It’s Getting Hot in Here – So here’s three days to cool off! The 2023 real estate market has started with a bang, but not in the normal sense. With a shift in the general market dynamics due to increased interest rates, slowing sales and lowering prices, buyers and sellers...

SEP

2022

Representation Agreements versus Advance Directives

When considering health care and incapacity planning, clients often wonder about the differences in representation agreements and advance directives. An advance directive is a written document that contains instructions that give or refuse consent to certain health care...

AUG

2022

Should Your Company have a Shareholders’ Agreement?

When a privately held company has more than one shareholder, it is strongly recommended that the shareholders enter into a shareholders’ agreement, or at least consider it with consultation from your lawyer. Shareholders have a great degree of freedom when drafting and entering...

AUG

2022

House Insurance and Fire Season

With fire season upon us, a reminder on the importance of insurance considerations in real estate transactions is timely. The best advice we can provide is to speak with a knowledgeable insurance broker early in the process so that you can have peace of mind as you move...

JUL

2022

Dissolving a Company in BC

If you ever find yourself needing to dissolve your company, you will want to familiarize yourself with the various ways of doing so. If you have a company registered under BC’s Business Corporations Act (the “Act”), you have options for carrying out the dissolution of your...

JUL

2022

Estate Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries

In British Columbia, the provincial government provides disability assistance for eligible persons with disabilities who need help completing daily living activities. Individuals receiving disability related income support must meet certain strict criteria, including strict...

JUN

2022

Title to Property in British Columbia

In our real estate practice, we frequently get asked by our clients when they will receive the “title deed” or “title” to their property. Historically, a title deed was a much more specific, one-of-a-kind document that required safe keeping. With the implementation of...

JUN

2022

Non-Competition Agreements

When selling your business, you will often notice that the buyer wants to include a “Non-Competition Agreement”. What is a Non-Competition Agreement? Typically, a non-competition agreement is included as one of the provisions in the purchase of a business. The buyer will want to...

MAY

2022

Where to Keep your Estate Planning Documents

Finalizing your estate planning documents is an important step to ensuring that your affairs are in order to properly protect you and take care of your loved ones upon your passing. Once you have your estate planning documents in place, you will need to decide where to keep...

APR

2022

What are closing costs?

As you work through the process of purchasing a home, you will often hear references to the term “closing costs” or something similar in nature. That terminology is intended to refer to the costs that a party needs to consider, in addition to their down payment funds, when...

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BC’s 3 Day Cooling Off Period

Representation Agreements versus Advance Directives

Should Your Company have a Shareholders’ Agreement?

House Insurance and Fire Season

Dissolving a Company in BC

Estate Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries

Title to Property in British Columbia

Non-Competition Agreements

Where to Keep your Estate Planning Documents

What are closing costs?

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