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Real Estate Litigation

Our team is well-equipped to handle all forms of commercial and residential real estate disputes professionally and efficiently.

Providing you with expert legal support when property disputes arise.

Real estate disputes (also known as Property Disputes) can present numerous challenges for all parties involved. We provide advice and representation to individuals, developers, purchasers, vendors, creditors, landlords, tenants, and others in a broad range of real estate related matters.

Our team of property dispute lawyers provide the guidance needed to reach an efficient and cost sensitive solution, regardless of the size or complexity of the issue. While many disputes can be resolved through alternative dispute resolution methods including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, we will confidently represent you before the British Columbia Supreme Court and British Columbia Court of Appeal, when litigation is required.

We assist clients with real estate conflict legal advice within the following:

  • Collapsed real estate transactions
  • Enforcement of mortgages and other security; foreclosure proceedings
  • Enforcement of judgments against real property; proceedings under the Court Order Enforcement Act
  • Proceedings under the Partition of Property Act
  • Disputes regarding real estate developments and limited partnerships
  • Commercial leases
  • Issues with respect to easements, rights of way, and property boundaries
  • Certificates of pending litigation
  • Builder’s liens
  • Property ownership disputes

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Approving a Sale of Co-Owned Properties: What the Purssell v. Purssell Decision Means for Partition of Property Act Proceedings

Micah Goldberg

Our firm’s recent success in Purssell v. Purssell, 2026 BCCA 328, provides useful guidance on the factors a judge will consider when approving a sale sought in Partition of Property Act (PPA) proceedings. Namely, that an approval judge must consider the background that gave rise to the original order for sale.

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