Kornfeld LLP Updates

One of the significant departures between the current B.C. Supreme Rules introduced in 2010 and it predecessor can be found...… Keep Reading

Nils Preshaw is an experienced litigator with a background that includes 12 years as a Crown Prosecutor working on files,...… Keep Reading

  We welcome Milaad Hashmi to the firm as a new associate. Milaad started with Kornfeld LLP as an articling...… Keep Reading

Use and Abuse of Certificates of Pending Litigation (2021 Update) PDF 1 The courts have emphasized that a Certificate of...… Keep Reading

This paper outlines the ways in which tracing may be employed by plaintiffs to recover funds or other property. Tracing...… Keep Reading

Have commercial tenants been trying to avoid paying rent because of the Covid-19 pandemic? Yes. We have seen cases emerging...… Keep Reading

TLABC Vancouver’s innovative virtual joint seminar, “Making Equity Work for Your Practice”, provides an introduction to applying the principles of...… Keep Reading

  We are pleased to announce that lawyers Shane Coblin and Dan Parlow have been recognized as Litigation Stars by...… Keep Reading

Human Rights Code of BC does not protect personal preference not to wear a mask when shopping   The BC...… Keep Reading

In the 2020 decision of Lyft Canada Inc. v United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1518, 2020 BCLRB...… Keep Reading

Download as PDF On February 19, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously decided that Uber drivers are...… Keep Reading

    Kornfeld LLP lawyers Shane D. Coblin and Herb Silber, Q.C. have recently been admitted as Fellows by the...… Keep Reading

By the time Albert Chen stepped into the Kornfeld LLP offices this winter, he had tested himself in a diversity...… Keep Reading

As any prospective applicant to law school in North America (and Australia) knows, the Law School Admission Test (or “LSAT”)...… Keep Reading

Thinking of Incorporating a Society? 5 Points to Consider First. Firstly, what is a “society”? In British Columbia, this is...… Keep Reading

Mediation has long been considered a useful and effective alternative to litigation in Canada. Parties meet, on a without prejudice...… Keep Reading

The founding partner of Kornfeld LLP, E. Neil Kornfeld, Q.C. has been recognized in the 2021 edition of the Chambers...… Keep Reading

As the Courts in British Columbia continue to grapple with the consequences of the worldwide pandemic, it has become clear...… Keep Reading

Kornfeld LLP partner Shane D. Coblin has been recognized by Best Lawyers in its 2021 edition of the prestigious ranking,...… Keep Reading

Download as PDF Transfer of assets When tax or other considerations dictate that the operations of a company be merged,...… Keep Reading

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Kornfeld LLP Summer Student: Aron talks about what it’s been like so far during the summer of 2020 Diversity of...… Keep Reading

Youyi Group Holdings (Canada) Ltd. v. Brentwood Lanes Canada Ltd., 2020 BCCA 130 Kornfeld LLP congratulates client Brentwood Lanes Canada...… Keep Reading

Kornfeld lawyers, Nils Preshaw and Shane Coblin, were recently successful (May 2020) in removing a Red Notice issued by the...… Keep Reading

Minority Shareholders in a Family Business Many successful small to medium sized corporations begin as closely-held family businesses. For example,...… Keep Reading

What should Landlords Consider when Approached by Commercial Tenants for Rent Relief?   As we are currently in an unprecedented...… Keep Reading

Prime Minister Announces Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) On April 24, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the...… Keep Reading

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Fraud On March 27, 2020, the Government of Canada announced that it would offer a 75%...… Keep Reading

We are pleased to announce that two Kornfeld LLP partners, Dan Parlow and Shane Coblin, have been recognized as Litigation...… Keep Reading

The Canada Emergency Business Account loan program (CEBA) was announced by the Government of Canada on March 27, 2020, as...… Keep Reading