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Effective the same date, a new Part will be added to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 294/2004, implementing the low value claim regime. While framed as consumer protection legislation, franchisors should take note: this change may affect how franchisees bring disputes and how franchisors manage risk.

BC Supreme Court considers Section 33 of WESA for the first time, granting an order vesting title to a spousal home in a surviving spouse and converting the interests of the other intestate heirs into registrable charges for later enforcement.

In November 2021, police conducted surveillance on individuals believed to be street level traffickers as part of a dial-a-dope investigation, including surveillance on a suspected driver near a location referred to as Collings Place in Delta, BC. The lead investigator (the “Lead”) observed a white Acura MDX leased to the accused near Collings Place and formed the belief that the accused was operating and managing a stash house for the dial-a-dope operation.