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Section 215 of British Columbia’s Land Title Act, RSBC 1996, c 250 (the LTA) permits a party who has commenced a legal proceeding and claims "an estate or interest in land" to register a certificate of pending litigation (CPL) against title to that land. Once registered, the CPL functions as a charge: it can dissuade third-party offers, impede refinancing, and block the closing of a sale.

On May 15, 2026, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of Alberta announced an agreement to implement the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) announced in November 2025. This implementation agreement (Agreement) is the latest announcement on intergovernmental cooperation and formalizes the draft cooperation agreement announced in April and discussed in our March 25, 2026 Update: “Canada and Alberta sign draft cooperation agreement on impact assessment after historic MOU”.

When the topic of property rights gets brought up, most people think of ownership and the ability to possess, use, and enjoy land. But the law also recognizes a category of non-possessory interests, where one party has limited rights to use another’s land without owning it. The most common non-possessory rights are called easements.