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DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented homeowners who were sued by a prospective homebuyer after the sale failed to close. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG appealed a decision of the Supreme Court in which the Court had denied the client’s application for a reconsideration of a decision his union had made with regard to a B.C. Labour Relations Code decision that the union had made. Read more about this case at this link […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG sought and won for their client special costs against a non-party – the director of a corporate plaintiff – for that individual’s abusive conduct prior to and throughout the trial. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented homeowners in the Court of Appeal who challenged the decision of the lower court with regard to a sale of their home that did not close. The Court provided a detailed analysis of the requirements for the payment of a deposit in a real estate contract and […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG acted for a commercial lender seeking to collect on a loan agreement from a corporate guarantor in a B.C. Supreme Court decision dealing with the liability of guarantors and criminal interest rates in contracts. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented homeowners who sought leave to appeal a decision of the B.C. Supreme Court to the Supreme Court of Canada on the basis of the proper interpretation of deposit clauses in real estate contracts. This appears to be one of the leading cases on what is a deposit […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented a small business owner and company in a claim and counterclaim between its clients and a former high-level employee arising out of the termination of their business relationship. The Supreme Court found in favour of DLG’s clients and ordered the other parties to repay loans and pay […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Prior to joining DLG and while practicing in Manitoba, Hermann Luitingh appeared in the Court of Queen’s Bench successfully representing an individual in seeking a Court order requiring an insurance company to pay a disability claim Read more about this case at this link CanLII

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Prior to joining DLG and while practicing in Manitoba, Hermann Luitingh appeared in the Court of Appeal representing an individual who had successfully won a judgment at Supreme Court arising out of an insurance disability claim against an appeal brought by the insurance company. Read more about this case […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Prior to joining DLG, Hermann Luitingh represented homeowners against a claim brought by the plaintiff regarding a constructive trust arising out of multiple joint tenant property owners and was successful on a counterclaim brought against the plaintiff. Read more about this case at this link CanLII

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG assisted a former City of Vancouver worker who filed a human rights complaint after suffering a year of alleged abuse by her male colleagues in her department. The City applied to strike her complaint on the basis that (amongst other things) she had waited too long to bring […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG represented a nurse who sought leave to appeal the decision of the Social Security Tribunal when it dismissed her application for a disability pension which she applied for after becoming injured on the job. The Social Security Tribunal granted the application for leave to appeal. Read more about […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Moon Development Corporation v. Pirooz, 2015 BCCA 213 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 […]

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 Vancouver (City) v. Abdiannia, 2015 BCSC 1058 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 […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Hastings Community Association v. The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, 2014 BCSC 80 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 […]

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment Chinchilla v. Kilmer Childrens Centre, 2014 BCHRT 183 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 Q v. Wild Log Homes and another (No. 2), 2014 BCHRT 123 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 Moon Development Corporation v. Pirooz, 2014 BCCA 426 DLG successfully defended an appeal of a lower court decision. Read more about this case at this link CanLII