Willoughby Residential Development Corp. v. Bradley, 2001 BCSC 992

• Judge: Bennett, J.
• Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
• Case Date: July 05, 2001
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2001 BCSC 992;[2001] B.C.T.C. 992 (SC)

Willoughby Residential Dev. v. Bradley, [2001] B.C.T.C. 992 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2001] B.C.T.C. TBEd. AU.033

Willoughby Residential Development Corporation (plaintiff) v. Dawne Statia Bradley and Philip Bradley (defendants)

(C971243; 2001 BCSC 992)

Indexed As: Willoughby Residential Development Corp. v. Bradley

British Columbia Supreme Court

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Bennett, J.

July 5, 2001.

Summary:

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Real Property - Topic 7849

Title - Registration of instruments, etc. - Lis pendens or certificate of pending litigation - Effect of - See paragraphs 1 to 60.

Real Property - Topic 8008

Title - Registration of instruments, etc. - Land titles system - Bona fide purchaser - What constitutes - See paragraphs 1 to 60.

Real Property - Topic 8024

Title - Registration of instruments, etc. - Land titles system - Certificate of title - Reliance on issue of - See paragraphs 1 to 60.

Sale of Land - Topic 8551

Remedies of purchaser - Specific performance - When available - See paragraphs 1 to 60.

Cases Noticed:

Bradley v. Bradley Estate et al., [1999] B.C.T.C. Uned. 509, additional reasons [2000] B.C.T.C. Uned. 235 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 22].

Prenn v. Simmonds, [1971] 3 All E.R. 237 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 30].

Delisle v. Bulman Group Ltd. (1991), 54 B.C.L.R.(2d) 343 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 30].

Roy v. Kloepfer Wholesale Hardware & Automotive Co., [1952] 2 S.C.R. 465; [1952] 3 D.L.R. 705, refd to. [para. 33].

Hudson's Bay Co. v. Kearns and Rowling (1896), 4 B.C.R. 536 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 36].

Chalmers and Simard v. Rann (1992), 129 A.R. 359 (Q.B.), dist. [para. 37].

Rudland v. Romilly (1958), 26 W.W.R.(N.S.) 193; 1958 CarswellBC 79 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 48].

March v. Drab (1977), 5 B.C.L.R. 396 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 50].

Central Station Enterprises Ltd. v. Shangri-La Estates Ltd., 1979 CarswellBC 210 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 51].

Statutes Noticed:

Land Title Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 250, sect. 29(1), sect. 29(2), sect. 31 [para. 39].

Counsel:

Herbert S. Silber, for the plaintiff;

William Veenstra and C. Hough, for the defendant, Philip Bradley;

No one appeared for the defendant, Dawne Bradley.

This application was heard on June 12-14, 2001, before Bennett, J., of the British Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the following decision on July 5, 2001.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.