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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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