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 One of the recurring frustrations in family law practice is the increasingly common tactic where opposing counsel is mysteriously “unavailable” for any proposed hearing date. The pattern is familiar: counsel ignores written requests for dates, follow-up correspondence is required, and only after a … Read more »

Justice Briana Hardwick of the British Columbia Supreme Court, formerly highly respected family law counsel, released her Reasons in S.D.N. v. E.G.N.,2025 BCSC 1994 on Oct. 10, a treatise on the determination of income of a party who is a majority shareholder of multiple corporations, in the context … Read more »

In Zahariev v. Zahariev 2025 BCCA 35 the British Columbia Court of  Appeal considered a Hague Convention case which featured a contest between Bulgaria’s District Court and the British Columbia Supreme Court, in relation to the parties’ infant daughter, Neva.  Neva’s mother, Yana Zahariev, and fathe … Read more »

In a ten-year marathon of family litigation between 2009 and 2019, the battling Michie’s were in the Court of Appeal six times and visited the Supreme Court 13 times. (Waters v. Michie 2011 BCCA 364) Ms. Michie’s litigation arsenal included a claim in conspiracy where she alleged that her former hus … Read more »

  It is trite law that an appeal is from an order made by a lower court, however, in Der v. Hlookoff 2025 BCCA 193 the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered the role of reasons for judgment in interpreting a court order.  Hank Der and his former wife, Lisa Hlookoff, had sparred on several occa … Read more »