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Debt Collection

Debt Collection & Creditors’ Remedies

The current debt collection laws in British Columbia are complicated, antiquated and often favour the interests of debtors.

Effective strategies for dealing with debt collection and creditors’ rights.

Creditors in British Columbia face many legal and practical challenges in recovering debts. Our team of litigation and dispute resolution lawyers in Vancouver has significant experience in successfully acting for creditors.

We assist clients with:

  • Advice on collections law and debtors’ assets
  • Issuing demand letters and notices of enforcement
  • All aspects of securing judgment on debt claims including through summary judgment and summary trial applications
  • Registering and enforcing foreign judgments in British Columbia
  • Acting on personal guarantees, promissory notes and demand loans
  • Foreclosure, mortgage enforcement and other security enforcement
  • Lien registration and enforcement
  • Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
  • Pursuing other pre-judgment and post-judgment creditors’ remedies including: injunctions, garnishment, preservation orders, debtor examinations, seizure and sale
  • Pursuing fraudulent or suspicious transactions based on the Fraudulent Conveyance Act and the Fraudulent Preference Act

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