In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21st, Pushor Mitchell staff and lawyers enjoy a traditional taco lunch made by the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society.
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Bryan Fitzpatrick will be speaking at this year's Pushor Mitchell Westcoast Brain Injury Conference coordinated by BrainTrust Canada.
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Pushor Mitchell has been awarded Best Law Firm Kelowna GOLD and Partner Brian Stephenson has been awarded Best Lawyer Kelowna SILVER in the Best of Kelowna Awards 2022.
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Pushor Mitchell congratulates Partner Brian Stephenson as the new President for the Kelowna Downtown Association (DKA) for a two-year term.
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Members of Pushor Mitchell's fundraising committee presented a cheque for $1286.25 to BGC (Boys & Girls Club) Okanagan to support local BGC recreation programs.
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Pushor Mitchell participated with team “Bees with Degrees” in Project Literacy Kelowna‘s Spelling Bee May 31st in support of literacy programs for children and adults. The team included (l-r in photo) lawyers Claire MacLeod, Julia Norman, Leneigh Bosdet, Delaney Long, Rebecca Dickson, Mark Brade, Darcy Whittaker and Joni Metherell. They tied for 3rd in the […]
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Pushor Mitchell was pleased to support the YMCA’s Cycle for Strong Kids in Kelowna on Sunday May 29th as a Silver Sponsor, including a high energy team of 18 cyclists on stationary bicycles riding in unison for a great cause. All funds raised support underprivileged and at-risk children from our community equal opportunity to register […]
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to welcome Delaney Long as their newest associate to the firm.
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to sponsor the Kelowna Art Gallery exhibition "From Warhol to Banksy".
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Pushor Mitchell was pleased to host for Kelowna of Commerce "Commerce Connex" event.
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Burgers were flipped and cookies were crumbled at the Pushor Mitchell Lawyer Hosted Barbeque for lawyers and staff at the firm.
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Pushor Mitchell participates with a team in the LOVE YOU Shoppers Drug Mart run in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna.
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Pushor Mitchell supports Boys & Girls Club (BGC) Okanagan and kicks off fundraising with a bake sale.
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Pushor Mitchell was pleased to sponsor the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C.'s Kelowna Member Outreach event on May 5th.
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to support this year's Kelowna in Women Rise Awards as the sponsor of the "Spirit Award" which honor diversity and inclusion among the Kelowna Women in Business community.
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Pushor Mitchell and two lawyers Vanessa DeDominicis and Brian Stephenson are in the final voting round for Best of Kelowna 2022.
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Pushor Mitchell LLP is pleased to be a Gold Sponsor for the Grant Thornton LLP Thompson Okanagan Business Examiner Awards,.
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to welcome Darcy Whittaker to the firm as an associate lawyer.
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Pushor Mitchell lawyer Vanessa DeDominicis has been nominated in the category of Best Lawyer for the Best of Kelowna 2022 Awards.
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Pushor Mitchell has been nominated in the category of Best Law Firm, and lawyer Brian Stephenson has been nominated in the category of Best Lawyer for the Best of Kelowna 2022 Awards.
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Pushor Mitchell was very pleased to sponsor the inaugural Indigenous Business of the Year award for the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.
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Bryan Fitzpatrick presents Large Business Award at Greater Westside Board of Trade Key Business Awards.
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March 8th marks International Women's Day and their campaign this year is #BreakTheBias.
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Colin Edstrom recognized by Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and BDO for their Top 40 under 40 program.
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Today is Random Act of Kindness Day and Pushor Mitchell set up a “kindness board” where employees could add notes about acts of kindness or appreciation of others.
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to recognize Theresa Arsenault who created the Theresa Arsenault Aboriginal Access Studies Award at UBCO.
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Pushor Mitchell LLP acknowledges outstanding students with awards at Okanagan College with scholarship awards.
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Mark Danielson, a partner with Pushor Mitchell LLP, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Canadian Home Builders’ Association (Central Okanagan).
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Magda Kapp joins Pushor Mitchell LLP as Manager of Business Development and Marketing. She will be supporting the firm in areas including business development, profile building activities, event management, marketing and communications.
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As I have written about earlier, the Protection of Public Participation Act is aimed at combating strategy lawsuits against public participation and to guard against the vulnerability of the legal system to SLAPPs being used to censor public opinion, intimidate people and silence critics.
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The lawyers and staff at Pushor Mitchell LLP want to share that after 30 years as an invaluable member of the team, their longtime partner, Susan Connaghan has decided to retire.
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For a host of reasons, folks often enter contracts through verbal agreement either not fully appreciating that they are entering into a binding contractual relationship or because one or more parties has refused to agree to reduce the contract to writing.
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We are excited to announce that the Pushor Mitchell BRAINx 2021 Symposium on Brain Injury will be held on September 30th, 2021.
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Rebecca Chadney celebrates the end of her undergraduate career as the recipient of the Pushor Mitchell LLP Gold Medal Leadership Prize:
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It is an unfortunately common story in construction litigation: parties agree on a scope of work and price, the scope of work changes and the parties don’t go back to the bargaining table to reach an agreement on the new scope of work.
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Intra-company disputes often involve two broad categories of remedies: oppression: where a minority shareholder claims they are being disadvantaged by the majority in some fashion and seek to have the court exercise its broad statutory discretion to correct the issue; and derivative actions: where a shareholder or director seeks to have the court compel a […]
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to welcome Shaun Campbell to the firm as an associate lawyer.
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Whenever parties fail to fully document the contractual agreement between them, the risk of litigation is heightened given the lack of prescribed remedies and consequences in addition to a wide spectrum of issues.
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It is a common question: when you lend someone money, they use that money to purchase land and the money is not paid back, can you somehow secure repayment by encumbering title to the land?
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Theresa is being honored for her remarkable contributions with an Honorary Degree from UBCO.
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Pushor Mitchell sponsored the PPE Day of Caring which provided equipment to more than 50 charities in Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon.
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Associate Patrick Bobyn has been elected to a one year term on the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
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Most people are aware that they are supposed to shovel the sidewalk in front of their house after a snowfall. Many people are aware of what time their municipality expects them to do so.
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In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada in Bhasin v. Hrynew affirmed the existence of a duty of honest contractual performance.
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In my earlier article, Defamation, the Protection of Public Participation Act and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, I wrote about the Protection of Public Participation Act (the “PPPA”), a piece of legislation aimed at combating strategy lawsuits against public participation (“SLAPPs”).
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We are pleased to announce that Paul has become a Partner in the firm effective January 1, 2021.
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Associate Counsel Bryan Fitzpatrick has been elected to a two year term on the Greater Westside Board of Trade.
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We are pleased to announce that Leneigh has become a Partner in the firm effective January 1, 2021.
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Under the Builders Lien Act, a statutory right is created to filed builders liens for work performed and/or materials supplied to an improvement.
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We are pleased to announce that Brian has become a Partner in the firm effective January 1, 2021.
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We are pleased to announce that Mark has become a Partner in the firm effective January 1, 2021.
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As discussed in my previous article, COVID-19, Builders Liens and Limitation Periods, since March 26, 2020, limitation periods in BC were suspended. This suspension was listed as of April 15, 2020 for builders lien issues.
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As discussed in my previous articles, the Builders Lien Act creates extraordinary remedies and, as such, requires extraordinary attention be paid to complying with its requirements.
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When a strata issues fines or fees against owners, it often seeks legal assistance in doing so. A recent decision reviews when a strata is or is not entitled to recover part or all of those legal fees.
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There is frequent need for parties who obtain judgments in jurisdictions outside of BC to come to BC seeking to enforce their judgments against assets of judgment creditors held in BC.
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Often times parties to a contract have a less than clear understanding of many of the principles of contractual law.
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On September 16, 2020, Choom Holdings Inc., a fast-expanding retail cannabis company that has established one of the largest store networks in Canada completed an acquisition of Phivida Holdings Inc.
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On June 25, 2020, the province introduced regulatory amendments to allow temporary layoffs to continue for up to 24 weeks, or until August 30th, whichever comes first.
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Brian Stephenson, an associate lawyer at Pushor Mitchell, has been nominated for Kelowna’s Top 40 Under 40.
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Pushor Mitchell is pleased to welcome Claire MacLeod to the firm as an associate lawyer. Born and raised in Kelowna, Claire is excited to now be practicing in her home town. Claire completed her articles at Pushor Mitchell in 2020 after attending law school at the University of Ottawa. Her practice includes civil litigation and […]
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On March 17, 2020, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer, declared a public health emergency. The following day, March 18, 2020, Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, declared a provincial state of emergency to support a province wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This signaled the closing of many BC business and the resulting layoff of employees.
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Teagan MacDougall, an aspiring pediatrician, graduated this week with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology.
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