DLG represented landlords of an apartment building who were brought to a Residential Tenancy Branch adjudication hearing by a former tenancy who claimed he was wrongfully evicted and sought a sizeable monetary judgment in damages. The adjudicator sided with the landlords and dismissed the tenant’s claim.
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment and Decision DLG won an appeal it brought on behalf of an injured worker who had applied for a disability pension and had previously been denied. The Minister of Employment and Social Development opposed the appeal, but the Appeals Division of the Social Security Tribunal granted it, referring the […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG successfully represented a plaintiff concrete company subcontracting on a large construction contract in its lawsuit against the head contractor company for, amongst other things, breach of an unwritten contract. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
News Report Publishing The CBC covers the recent lawsuit against the City of Vancouver and finds questionable conduct by the City and denies them costs as a result. Read more about this case from Jason Proctor at this link CBC News
News Report Publishing A Vancouver judge finds that the City of Vancouver, by not providing evidence regarding an alleged incident of inappropriate touching, and failing to respond to requests for same led to a defamation lawsuit which could have been avoided had the City responded as required. Read more about this case from Ian Mulgrew […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment After having been awarded special costs for their client against a non-party in the Court of Appeal, DLG obtained a high assessment of said costs against the objections of the other party. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG acted for an administrator of an estate and sought an adjournment of a hearing to have her removed. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG successfully represented an individual in the BC Court of Appeal with regard to a breach of a residential purchase and sale contract. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment After getting the appeal dismissed in the BC Court of Appeal, DLG, was also able to get the very unusual award of special costs against the director of the company that had appealed. This win was a precedent-setting decision in the BC Court of Appeal. Read more about this […]
News Report Publishing The Supreme Court in Vancouver finds that the City and Vancouver Park Board failed to respond adequately to a contractor’s requests for information and lost key evidence after an allegation was made against him, resulting in a lengthy trial. Read more about this case from Bob Mackin at this link Vancouver is […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Complainant P v. Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and another, 2015 BCHRT 72 A physically disabled individual filed a human rights complaint after the city refused to help him access a public facility. After taking over the case from another law firm DLG represented the individual in defeating […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented a single woman in BC Supreme Court after she panicked and entered into a sales agreement for her house because her rental house had just been condemned as marijuana grow operation. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Representing a husband and wife who faced foreclosure on their home by the Royal Bank, DLG had the bank’s application for foreclosure dismissed after successfully arguing that the bank had breached the terms of its own standard mortgage terms. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
Decision of Judge Yee 11 Aug 14 In a 22 day trial with multiple police and bylaw officers testifying on behalf of the City of Vancouver, an expert flown in from Toronto, a local health expert and an expert in multiculturalism and religion, DLG represented two hookah lounge owners in Court after the City sought […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment This court order pertains to a legal dispute between Moon Development Corporation and Pirooz, where Moon Development Corporation sought a declaration that a contract entered into with Pirooz was null and void due to misrepresentation and a breach of the contract by Pirooz. The court considered the evidence presented […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented a business owner and his company following a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal that they had discriminated against a former employee. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG successfully defended an appeal of a lower court decision. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Prior to joining Davison Law Group, Hermann Luitingh represented a company facing allegations of discrimination on the grounds of, inter alia, ancestry, and race and brought an application to have the matter dismissed. Read more about this case at this link CanLII
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment As part of a larger lawsuit against the city of Vancouver, DLG successfully represented six community centre associations in bringing an injunction to stop the city from terminating contracts between the city and the associations and kicking the associations out of the community centres they help build. Read more […]
DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment At the conclusion of a hard-fought case the BC Supreme Court found in favour of the city who sought to prohibit two hookah lounge owners from allowing their customers to smoke herbal shisha in traditional hookahs. The case challenged the validity of the City of Vancouver bylaw on multiple […]
