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Greg Allen is featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2024
AMLC’s Greg Allen has been featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2024…
AMLC’s Greg Allen has been featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2024. Featured lawyers have been chosen from The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 where Greg was recognized for his work as a litigator in Corporate Commercial Law.
More details about Greg’s inclusion in the Lexpert Directory can be found here.
Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel ranked as an Elite Boutique firm by Legal 500 Canada
Legal 500 Canada has ranked Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel as an Elite Boutique firm for dispute resolution in British Columbia for the second year in a row
Legal 500 Canada has ranked Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel as an Elite Boutique firm for dispute resolution in British Columbia for the second year in a row! The Elite Boutique ranking is for boutique firms which the Legal 500 research team has determined are competitive with the larger tier 1 and tier 2 firms.
In addition, Wes and Greg have been recognized as Leading Partners based on peer and client endorsements.
A testimonial about AMLC shares, “[t]he team of lawyers are specialized in their particular practice areas and they are also very practical in how they approach problem-solving for their clients. The lawyers, in particular Greg Allen, Wes McMillan and Kaitlyn Meyer, each are very reputable within the legal community and they generate referrals from other lawyers who have respect for who they are and how they practice.”
More details about this year’s rankings can be found here.
AMLC’s Wanda Simek and Alina Chekh secure the return of a $1 million deposit in a failed real estate transaction
Wanda Simek and Alina Chekh successfully represented the plaintiff, a potential purchaser who entered into a contract to buy a luxury property…
Wanda Simek and Alina Chekh successfully represented the plaintiff, a potential purchaser who entered into a contract to buy a luxury property from the developer/seller. Although the potential purchaser was ready to close on the completion date, the seller was not. The plaintiff accepted the seller’s repudiation, terminated the contract, and sued to recover the deposit.
The court agreed with the plaintiff, finding that the seller breached the fundamental terms of the contract by failing to complete all construction work, provide an occupancy permit, and clear title by the closing date, and ordered that the seller return the $1 million deposit to the plaintiff.
The court also found the seller’s history of non-compliance with discovery obligations and court orders, along with the failure to engage meaningfully in the litigation, warranted awarding special costs to the plaintiff.
To read the decision, visit 2024 BCSC 1828. For more information on AMLC’s real estate litigation practice, please contact Wanda at wanda@amlc.ca or Alina at alina@amlc.ca.
AMLC recognized as a Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers
AMLC has been recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Law Firms – Canada…
AMLC has been recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Law Firms – Canada for the following practice areas and jurisdictions:
National Tier 1: Corporate and Commercial Litigation
National Tier 2: Insurance Law
Metropolitan Tier 1 - Vancouver: Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Media Law, Insurance Law
Metropolitan Tier 3 - Vancouver: Appellate Practice, Real Estate Law
AMLC is honoured to be recognized in so many areas in this first issue.
Best Law Firms provides rankings of law firms based on a rigorous, peer-to-peer, industry-driven evaluation. You can find the full list at www.bestlawfirms.com
AMLC recognized as one of Canada's Best Law firms for 2025 by The Globe and Mail and Statista!
AMLC is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Best Law firms for 2025 by The Globe and Mail and Statista for the second year in a row…
AMLC is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Best Law firms for 2025 by The Globe and Mail and Statista for the second year in a row! The final list recognizes only 200 firms in 31 different practice areas across the country.
The aim of the report is to determine which law firms in Canada are held in the highest esteem by their colleagues. The award is based on over 10,000 recommendations collected from peers and clients.
We are grateful to be included and congratulate the other law firms on the list!
Jorie Les wins undue influence summary trial
AMLC's Jorie Les obtained judgment in an undue influence claim arising out of a predatory relationship…
AMLC's Jorie Les obtained judgment in an undue influence claim arising out of a predatory relationship.
The parties met when the plaintiff was 77 and the defendant was 62. The plaintiff was elderly and vulnerable. Over the course of their seven-year relationship, the defendant isolated the plaintiff from her friends and family and gained control over all aspects of the plaintiff's life. In addition to exhausting the plaintiff's financial resources, the defendant deceived her into adding him on title to her property as a joint tenant.
Following a two-day summary trial in which Jorie presented extensive affidavit evidence from the plaintiff's family, friends, and neighbors, the court granted judgment from the bench returning title to the property to the plaintiff alone. Jorie was also successful in obtaining an order for punitive damages of $50,000.
To read the decision, visit 2024 BCSC 1745. For more information on Allen / McMillan's real estate litigation and estate litigation practices, please contact Jorie at jorie@amlc.ca.