Course Chair
Layne Hellrung — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Layne Hellrung is an associate at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in Vancouver. He practices in the area of civil litigation with a focus on commercial, real estate, and insolvency disputes.
Layne received law degrees from both the University of Ottawa and the University of Victoria. He was called to the Quebec bar in 2013 and to the BC bar in 2014.
Faculty
William D. Holder — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
William Holder is a partner in the law firm of Clark Wilson LLP. He is a senior litigation lawyer and mediator who has a deep understanding of commercial leasing, commercial real estate, and business litigation. Bill has served as lead counsel for a number of shopping centers and large scale commercial landlords for many years and is particularly well versed in the Metro Vancouver leasing market as it relates to commercial leasing disputes. As a skilled mediator, he is frequently called upon to work with parties and their legal counsel in resolving commercial leasing and real estate disputes. Bill is a civil roster member of MediateBC and is also on the executive of the Canadian Bar Association's national Alternate Dispute Resolution section.
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Injunctions: British Columbia Law and Practice - 3rd Edition
This publication is essential for: every lawyer presenting or defending an application for injunction in the BC Superior Courts or the Federal Court
Current to: April 1, 2020
The interlocutory injunction is one of the most powerful and flexible remedies available to a litigant. Whether in a labour dispute, land use dispute, Aboriginal rights dispute, family matter, commercial case, or intellectual property dispute, injunction applications always arise on an urgent basis, and it is essential that the lawyer prosecuting or defending such an application respond quickly, knowledgeably, and with candour. This guidebook outlines the general principles of interlocutory injunctions and provides valuable practice information not found elsewhere.
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Highlights of the Third Edition:
- injunctions principles and tests
- risks and strategies for obtaining and enforcing this powerful remedy
- crucial professional and ethical requirements
- First Nations' access to injunctive relief to protect Aboriginal rights and title
- evolving jurisprudence in the Superior and Federal Courts in organized labour, land use, family, and intellectual property disputes
- preserving assets and evidence: Mareva, Anton Piller, and preservation orders
- sample application materials, orders, and affidavits
- sample enforcement terms and undertakings as to damages
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Commercial Leasing: Annotated Precedents
Leading commercial lawyers open their files to help you draft your lease
This publication is essential for: lawyers who work in commercial leasing in BC
Imagine being able to access a vault of commercial lease precedents from some of BC's leading commercial lawyers. Commercial Leasing: Annotated Precedents offers you a premiere collection of samples for an offer to lease, full leases for various scenarios, agreements related to leasing, and special commercial lease provisions, along with commentary about concerns such as tax, financing, default, and registration.
With this resource, you will be able to:
- understand commercial lease clauses you use every day and know exactly why each is there
- improve your negotiating position by understanding both landlord and tenant points of view
- know what's critical to include in your lease and what you can afford to give up in negotiation
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Highlights of the 2020 Update include:
- new chapter 21 (Strata Clauses for Commercial Leases) containing clauses that may be used to modify a lease when the premises are a strata lot, plus commentary on key issues and concerns for leases of strata property
- addition of precedents for force majeure and rent relief clauses—developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic—with annotations and commentary on the application of force majeure, and protections a tenant might seek
- new annotated rent deferral agreement precedent, plus commentary on GST consequences of rent relief agreements
- a discussion of best practices for virtual arbitration and mediation
- incorporation of developments in case law, legislation, and practice throughout the chapters
- updates and additions to the precedent lease language and annotations in the chapters regarding various matters, including: gross-ups for occupancy, effects of changing the locks, and landlord implementation of health emergency protocols
- new forms for the registration of leases (chapter 20)