Royal Bk. v. Nguyen, 2004 BCSC 895

• Judge: Masuhara, J.
• Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
• Case Date: May 05, 2004
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2004 BCSC 895;[2004] B.C.T.C. 895 (SC)

Royal Bk. v. Nguyen, [2004] B.C.T.C. 895 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2004] B.C.T.C. TBEd. JL.066

Royal Bank of Canada (petitioner) v. Khanh Phi Nguyen, also known as Ken Nguyen, and Yen Kim Luu, also known as Yen Kim Nguyen (respondents)

(H030837; 2004 BCSC 895)

Indexed As: Royal Bank of Canada v. Nguyen et al.

British Columbia Supreme Court

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Masuhara, J.

July 5, 2004.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Creditors and Debtors - Topic 2254

Seizure or attachment of debtors' property - Exemptions - Principal residence - See paragraphs 1 to 75.

Cases Noticed:

Abermin Corp. v. Granges Exploration Ltd. (1990), 45 B.C.L.R.(2d) 188; 42 C.P.C.(2d) 25 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 14].

Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Mackenzie Apartments Inc. et al., [2002] B.C.T.C. 636; 2002 BCSC 636, refd to. [para. 14].

Stoneman v. Desjardins, [2004] B.C.T.C. 57; 2004 BCSC 57, refd to. [para. 14].

Ottaway, Re (1980), 20 B.C.L.R. 313; 110 D.L.R.(3d) 231 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 26].

Ottaway v. Ottaway (Trustee) - see Ottaway, Re.

Higgins Co. v. McNabb (1979), 2 Sask.R. 119; 33 C.B.R.(N.S.) 243 (C.A.), consd. [para. 39].

McNabb (Trustee) v. McNabb - see Higgins Co. v. McNabb.

Schmidtz, Re; Canada (Attorney General) v. Schmidtz and Schmidtz (1983), 28 Sask.R. 205; 49 C.B.R.(N.S.) 155 (Q.B.), consd. [para. 39].

Balkwill (Bankrupt), Re (1999), 181 Sask.R. 48; 9 C.B.R.(4th) 204 (Q.B. Bktcy. Registrar), consd. [para. 39].

Regal Distributors Ltd. v. Freele, [1931] 1 D.L.R. 943 (Alta. C.A.), consd. [para. 44].

McAteer, Re (1981), 32 A.R. 248; 38 C.B.R.(N.S.) 217 (Q.B.), consd. [para. 44].

Alberta (Treasury Branches) v. Wilson (Trustee) (1996), 37 Alta. L.R.(3d) 260; 38 C.B.R.(3d) 245 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 44].

Sawatsky (Bankrupt), Re (2001), 295 A.R. 282; 94 Alta. L.R.(3d) 378; 28 C.B.R.(4th) 116 (Q.B. Bktcy. Registrar), refd to. [para. 44].

Vysek v. Nova Gas International Ltd. et al. (2002), 314 A.R. 370; 4 Alta. L.R.(4th) 269; 2002 ABQB 389, refd to. [para. 44].

Starko v. Starko (1992), 134 A.R. 48; 16 C.B.R.(3d) 236 (Q.B.), consd. [para. 48].

Alberta (Treasury Branches) v. Samco Holdings Ltd. et al. (2003), 347 A.R. 359; 2003 ABQB 963, refd to. [para. 49].

Laurentian Bank of Canada v. Woo (Bankrupt) et al. (1994), 163 A.R. 217; 25 Alta. L.R.(3d) 345; 29 C.B.R.(3d) 280 (Q.B. Bktcy.), refd to. [para. 72].

University of Calgary v. Canada (Receiver General) and Lamarre (Dr. Charles Julien) Estate (Bankrupt) (1978), 8 A.R. 533; 27 C.B.R.(N.S.) 41 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 72].

Lamarre (Trustee) v. University of Calgary - see University of Calgary v. Canada (Receiver General) and Lamarre (Dr. Charles Julien) Estate (Bankrupt).

Statutes Noticed:

Court Order Enforcement Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 78, sect. 71.1 [para. 16]; sect. 71.2 [para. 17].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Bennett, Frank, Creditors' and Debtors' Rights and Remedies (4th Ed. 1994), pp. 206, 746, 747 [para. 69].

British Columbia, Hansard, Legislative Assembly, Official Reports of Debates (June 5, 1997), p. 3938 [para. 26].

British Columbia, Hansard, Legislative Assembly, Official Reports of Debates (July 11, 1997), p. 5627 [para. 27].

Hansard (B.C.) - see British Columbia, Hansard, Legislative Assembly, Official Reports of Debates.

Sullivan, Ruth, Sullivan and Driedger on the Construction of Statutes (4th Ed. 2002), pp. 1 [para. 22]; 20 [para. 24].

Counsel:

G. Thompson, for the petitioner;

B.C. Clark, for the respondents.

This appeal was heard on May 5, 2004, before Masuhara, J., of the British Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the following decision on July 5, 2004.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.