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