Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848),

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeHonourable Madam Justice Maisonville
Citation2020 BCSC 5
Date03 January 2020
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
Docket NumberS121748

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  • CANADIAN LITIGATION FOR VIOLATIONS OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW: QUESTIONS REMAINING AFTER NEVSUN V ARAYA.
    • Canada
    • University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review Vol. 80 No. 1, January 2022
    • January 1, 2022
    ...as Parkland). (129) See e.g. Marshall v Gain Auto Group, 2021 BCSC 125. (130) See e.g. Shen v West Continent Development Inc (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para (131) See Holmes, supra note 126 at para 50. (132) See generally Nevsun BCSC 2016, supra note 9. The plaintiffs made a bare-bones all......
  • 2025 BCSC 1595,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...have occupied but for the breach of the equitable obligation, not a better one”: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 455 Equity is especially concerned with deterring wrongful conduct by fiduciaries, as beneficiaries are peculiarly vulnerable to a fiduc......
  • Mand v Cheema,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 19, 2025
    ...have occupied but for the breach of the equitable obligation, not a better one”: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 455 Equity is especially concerned with deterring wrongful conduct by fiduciaries, as beneficiaries are peculiarly vulnerable to a fiduc......
  • 2025 BCSC 610,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...intended to put a plaintiff in the position they would be in but for the breach: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 90 And there is simply no merit to the PGT's suggestion that certifying common issues in respect of aggregate damages would put it in th......
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  • 2025 BCSC 1595,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...have occupied but for the breach of the equitable obligation, not a better one”: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 455 Equity is especially concerned with deterring wrongful conduct by fiduciaries, as beneficiaries are peculiarly vulnerable to a fiduc......
  • Mand v Cheema,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 19, 2025
    ...have occupied but for the breach of the equitable obligation, not a better one”: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 455 Equity is especially concerned with deterring wrongful conduct by fiduciaries, as beneficiaries are peculiarly vulnerable to a fiduc......
  • 2025 BCSC 610,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...intended to put a plaintiff in the position they would be in but for the breach: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 90 And there is simply no merit to the PGT's suggestion that certifying common issues in respect of aggregate damages would put it in th......
  • Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver v British Columbia (Public Guardian and Trustee),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 2, 2025
    ...intended to put a plaintiff in the position they would be in but for the breach: Shen v. West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2020 BCSC 5 at para. 90 And there is simply no merit to the PGT's suggestion that certifying common issues in respect of aggregate damages would put it in th......
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