Due Diligence Deskbook--ONLINE

The smart way to start your business acquisition investigation

This publication is essential for: lawyers acting for purchasers or lenders in business acquisitions

Current to: July 1, 2024

As a lawyer acting for a purchaser in a business acquisition, the first question is: What searches should you conduct as part of your due diligence review? The Due Diligence Deskbook provides practical, BC-centric commentary on each type of search you need to perform including discussion of why and how to conduct the search, limits and legislation applicable to the search, precedent request letters, and information sheets containing comprehensive contact information to help you investigate systematically and efficiently.

With an online subscription to Due Diligence Deskbook, your firm will be able to:

• conveniently access detailed guidance for a wide range of common and speciality searches at any time and from any location
  
  
• quickly search for relevant information, link directly to important legislation, case law, and websites and download over 45 search request correspondence templates
  
  
• look up addresses, phone numbers, fees, and delivery times for all your searches in one place

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Highlights of the 2024 Update include:

• information regarding July 2024 updates to offence and administrative penalty provisions of the Provincial Sales Tax Act, Motor Fuel Tax Act, and Carbon Tax Act
• updates throughout to reflect the continuing migration of searches and processes from BC OnLine to BC Registries and Online Services
• new processes and guidance for Bank Act Security Registry searches, given the migration of the registry to a new vendor/search entity
• new commentary regarding corporate governance and the Modern Slavery Act, health record searches and amended food safety legislation, consultation with Indigenous Peoples with respect to mineral claims and water lot tenures, and due diligence for data assets
• alert to readers regarding the BC Human Rights Tribunal's pause on responding to due diligence search requests until its case backlog resolves
• updated commentary and analysis on due diligence with respect to First Nations lands, fisheries and oceans, and motor vehicle searches
• expansion of the speculation and vacancy tax to more municipalities
• revised guidance for environmental due diligence searches, including those relating to the transportation of dangerous goods, and for fishing vessel licence searches
• extensive updates to Information Sheets throughout the publication

Annual subscription rates are based on firm size. A monthly payment option is available.

Online subscribers can purchase a print copy of Due Diligence Deskbook for 30% off its regular price.

Firm Size	Price/year*
Solo	$201
2 to 4	$252
5 to 9	$292
10 to 19	$352
20 to 39	$402
40 to 69	$443
70+	$493

*For non-law firm pricing, please contact CLEBC Customer Service.

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CLEBC Legal Editor 
Edie Ryan
eryan@cle.bc.ca

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CHAPTERS
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1. Introduction to Legal Due Diligence in Business Transactions

2. Corporate Registry Searches

3. Corporate Records Searches

4. Federal Corporate Searches

5. Federal Corporate Name Searches

6. Out-of-province Corporate Searches

7. Securities Searches

8. Corporate Governance Searches

9. Personal Property Registry Searches

10. Searches in the Bank Act Security Registry 

11. Insolvency Records Searches 

12. Due Diligence Court Registry Searches

13. Court Bailiff Due Diligence Searches

14. Searching Workers' Compensation Records

15. Employment Standards Compliance Searches 

16. Labour Relations Records Searches

17. Human Rights Records Searches 

18. Canada Revenue Agency Compliance Searches 

19. Provincial Sales Tax Searches

20. Motor Fuel Tax Searches

21. Carbon Tax Searches

22. Insurance Premium Tax Searches

23. Land Title Records Searches

24. Searching First Nations Lands

25. Zoning and Land Use Compliance Searches

26. Municipal Property Taxation Searches 

27. Provincial Work Order Searches

28. Health Record Searches

29. Environmental Due Diligence Searches

30. Searches Relating to Transportation of Dangerous Goods

31. Fisheries and Oceans Searches 

32. Water Lots Searches

33. Water Licences Searches

34. Forestry Searches

35. Mineral Title Searches

36. Mining Tax Searches

37. Intellectual Property Searches

38. Domain Name Searches

39. Motor Vehicle Due Diligence Searches

40. Aircraft Due Diligence Searches

41. Railway Mortgages and Rolling Stock Instruments Searches

42. Vessels Searches

43. Liquor Licence Due Diligence

44. Broadcast Licensing Searches

Forms and Precedents

Tables
Case Table
Statutes and Related Material Table
Index

Editorial Board 
Don C. Sihota, KC — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Brad G. Sollis — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver

Authors
David A. Allard — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Kendall E. Anderson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
James Baily — WorkSafeBC, Vancouver
Desmond M. Balakrishnan — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
BC Registries and Online Services — Government of BC
Rita Bhandral — BC Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Dylan Braam — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
James Bryce — Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Vancouver
Riley Burr — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Maxwell P. Carroll — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Cindy Cheuk — Justice, Health and Revenue Group, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Daniel Coles — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Carl Cook — BC Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Alexander Demner — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer D.S. Dezell — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Marie-Claire Dy — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Grant Foster — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Lisa A. Frey — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Matthew Gruchey — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Harley J. Harris — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Jason Hicks — Bernard LLP, Vancouver
Madeleine Hodgson — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Catherine A. Hofmann — Bernard LLP, Vancouver
David Hunter — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
David K. Jones — Bernard LLP, Vancouver
Peter W. Jones — Woodward & Company Lawyers LLP, Victoria
Ian M. Knapp — MacKenzie Fujisawa LLP, Vancouver
Brian Konst — MacKenzie Fujisawa LLP, Vancouver
Kacey Krenn — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver
Robin Longe — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer A. Marles — Viridant IP, Vancouver
Graham S. Matthews — Graham Matthews Law Corporation, Vancouver
Scott A. McCann — Zacharias Vickers LLP, West Vancouver
Liam McGuigan — Woodward & Company Lawyers LLP, Victoria
Abigail Owen — Zacharias Vickers LLP, West Vancouver
Sandra L. Raath — Pearlman Lindholm Law Corporation, Victoria
Lucy H. Schilling — Cozen O'Connor, Vancouver
Teio Senda — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Don C. Sihota, KC — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Brad G. Sollis — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Kathy Tang — Cozen O'Connor, Vancouver
Anna M. Tosto — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Ottawa
Dierk Ullrich — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Graham B. Walker — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Edward J.T. Wang — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Christopher P. Weafer — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Robert V. Wickett, KC — Wickett Arbitration, Vancouver
Jayde Wood — Gowling WLG, Vancouver
Jeffrey Wu — Bernard LLP, Vancouver