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JEFFERS V. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 43 AND ANOTHER, 2013 BCHRT 299

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment An individual working for a school brought a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal on allegations of racial discrimination. DLG represented the individual when the school district tried to have his complaint dismissed and was successful in having the school district’s application dismissed. The matters eventually settled. Read more […]

ESCOBEDO V. LEON, 2013 BCSC 807

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG acted for an individual who invested in a real estate project with a partner and then sued after that partner breached their agreement by failing to pay him his share of the proceeds. The B.C. Supreme Court awarded DLG’s client damages for the lost proceeds and costs. Read […]

HASTINGS COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION V. THE VANCOUVER BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION, 2013 BCSC 1956

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented six Vancouver community centre associations in an injunction application to stop the City of Vancouver unilaterally implementing the OneCard. The associations were not successful in Court after the City agreed to not implement the OneCard in the applicable community centres. Read more about this case at this […]

SEVY V. SEVY, 2013 BCSC 2255

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment In a Supreme Court case dealing with a family dispute over the management of a trust and trust assets, DLG represented one of the trustees. The Court considered issues of the trustees’ duties, trust interpretation, and application of foreign law. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

KLJAJIC V. CITY OF VANCOUVER, 2014 BCHRT 258

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented a city employee who filed a human rights complaint after his employer allegedly tried to restrict the expressing of his political beliefs. DLG defeated the city’s application to have the employee’s complaint thrown out. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

HOFFMAN V. PERCHESON, 2011 BCSC 770

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Prior to founding DLG, Dean Davison was one of the lawyers representing the defendant in a lawsuit dealing with contract law, mortgage repayment, and issues of credibility of the parties. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

SANGI V. SANGI, 2011 BCSC 523

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Both prior to and after founding DLG, Dean Davison represented the interests of an individual in a trial lasting 31 days which required analysis of international law in the enforcement of an Iranian divorce and separation agreement in Canada Read more about this case at this link CanLII

MOON V. PIROOZ, 2011 BCSC 782

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment A construction company and homeowner sued in Supreme Court by a disgruntled sub-contractor and represented by DLG won a judgment having the sub-contractor’s lawsuit dismissed and receiving damages for the sub-contractor’s breach of contract. Read more about this case at this link CanLII