Watson Goepel is proud to announce that eight of our lawyers have been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2025 and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in 2025 for their outstanding achievements in their practice area.
In recent weeks, we have seen a flurry of activity by both Provincial and Federal Governments aiming to cool down the red-hot housing market in Canada.
When a slip and fall occurs on an icy sidewalk, if it isn’t the responsibility of a homeowner or commercial property owner, should the municipality be liable for the accident?
In our recent blog post, we discussed the rights and responsibilities of individual homeowners when accidents happen on an icy sidewalk. What about commercial property owners? Do they have different obligations and rights?
Anyone who has lived through a winter in British Columbia (even relatively mild Vancouver) has encountered an icy sidewalk that was not cleared properly or at all. According to statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (https://www.cihi.ca/en), falls on ice are the most common cause of sport and winter injury hospitalizations in Canada, with over 8,800 reported hospitalizations from 2019 to 2020.
Celso Boscariol, K.C., President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in Canada, and Partner at Watson Goepel LLP, delivered a webinar presentation on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The webinar was a joint effort between the EU Chamber of Commerce in Canada West, INOVA, Watson Goepel LLP and the Portuguese Steelwork and Construction Association.
We are delighted to share that our Litigation Associate Yianni Pappas-Acreman is a contributing author for a recent publication Manual to British Columbia Civil Litigation, published by Canadian Legal Information Institute.
The registration against the title of a claim of lien is a powerful tool in a contractor’s toolbox. Not only does it secure an interest in land for work done or materials supplied, but it can also often assist in an expedited negotiated resolution of construction disputes.
You have probably heard the phrase, “With a will, there’s a way…” As estate planners, we take that quite literally! Good planning now can help reduce probate fees, taxes and unintended anguish for your beneficiaries, friends and loved ones, after you are gone.
Apart from making a Will, you can also consider setting up your Trusts as part of your estate plan. Do you know an estate plan can include two types of trusts?
