| Case | Citation | Yr | Jurisdiction | Ct | Age | Exact age at dismissal (E) or approximate (A) | LOS (Years) | Notice Period (Months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chung v Quay Pacific Property Management Ltd. | 2020 BCSC 714 | 2020 | BC | Trial | 53 | E | 2.25 | 9 |
| Virk v. Satnam Education Society of B.C. | 2020 BCSC 149 | 2020 | BC | Trial | 41 | E | 12 | 12 |
| Liebreich v Farmers of North America | 2019 BCSC 1074 | 2019 | BC | Trial | 49 | E | 14 | 15 |
| Valle Torres v Vancouver Native Health Society | 2019 BCSC 523 | 2019 | BC | Trial | 55 | E | 20 | 24 |
| Booton v Synergy Plumbing and Heating Ltd. | 2019 BCSC 276 | 2019 | BC | Trial | 40 | A | 4.5 | 6 |
| Avelin v. Aya Lasers Inc. | 2018 BCSC 2313 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 47 | A | 0.6 | 4 |
| Spalti v. MDA Systems Ltd. | 2018 BCSC 2296 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 55 | A | 13.6 | 16 |
| O.W.L. (Orphaned Wildlife) Rehabilitation Society v. Day | 2018 BCSC 1724 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 63 | E | 30 | 26 |
| Chapple v. Big Bay Landing Ltd. (Inc. No. 0764163) | 2018 BCSC 1666 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 61 | E | 2.2 | 9 |
| Corey v. Kruger Products L.P. | 2018 BCSC 1510 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 2.6 | 8 |
| Greenlees v. Starline Windows Ltd. | 2018 BCSC 1457 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 43 | E | 0.5 | 6 |
| Tymko v 4-D Warner Enterprises Ltd. | 2018 BCSC 372 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 52 | E | 3 | 2 |
| Frith v. IBM Canada Limited/IBM Canada Limitee | 2018 BCSC 122 | 2018 | BC | Trial | 38 | E | 19 | 19 |
| Ensign v Price's Alarm Systems (2009) Ltd. | 2017 BCSC 2137 | 2017 | BC | Trial | 63 | E | 12.5 | 12 |
| Sletmoen v Nafco Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 2017 BCSC 1726 | 2017 | BC | Trial | 52 | E | 18.3 | 16 |
| Buchanan v Introjunction Ltd. | 2017 BCSC 1002 | 2017 | BC | Trial | 27 | A | 0 | 1.5 |
| Glimhagen v GWR Resources Inc. | 2017 BCSC 761 | 2017 | BC | Trial | 64 | A | 12 | 12 |
| Sollows v. Albion Fisheries Ltd | 2017 BCSC 376 | 2017 | BC | Trial | 59 | E | 2.75 | 10 |
| Ram v. The Michael Lacombe Group Inc. | 2017 BCSC 212 | 2017 | BC | Trial | 55 | E | 24 | 12 |
| Mudrovcic v. Engenuity Manufacturing Solutions Ltd | 2016 BCSC 2573 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 48 | E | 19 | 21 |
| Bishop v. Rexel Canada Electrical Inc. | 2016 BCSC 2351 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 61 | A | 27 | 20 |
| Schinnerl v. Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 2016 BCSC 2026 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 48 | A | 8.5 | 10 |
| Price v. 481530 B.C. Ltd | 2016 BCSC 1940 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 44 | A | 19 | 20 |
| Smith v. Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd | 2016 BCSC 1876 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 48 | E | 16.5 | 19 |
| Gust v. Right-of-Way Operations Group Inc. | 2016 BCSC 1527 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 31 | E | 1.1 | 2 |
| TCF Ventures Corp. v. The Cambie Malone’s Corporation | 2016 BCSC 1521 | 2016 | BC | Trial | NA | 3.6 | 9 | |
| Logan v Numbers Cabaret Ltd (Hamburger Mary's) ("Bocking") | 2016 BCSC 1473 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 43 | A | 18 | 14 |
| Logan v Numbers Cabaret Ltd (Hamburger Mary's) ("Logan") | 2016 BCSC 1473 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 55 | A | 18 | 14 |
| Cheong v. Grand Pacific Travel & Trade (Canada) Corp | 2016 BCSC 1321 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 59 | E | 13 | 14 |
| Waterman v Mining Association of British Columbia | 2016 BCSC 921 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 45 | A | 4 | 10 |
| Saliken v. Alpine Aerotech Limited Partnership | 2016 BCSC 832 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 54 | A | 1.25 | 6 |
| Luchuk v Starbucks Coffee Canada Inc | 2016 BCSC 830 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 48 | E | 18 | 18 |
| O'Dea v Ricoh Canada Inc | 2016 BCSC 235 | 2016 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 7 | 9 |
| TeBaerts v Penta Builders Group Inc | 2015 BCSC 2008 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 31 | A | 11 | 12 |
| McLeod v Lifelabs BC LP | 2015 BCSC 1857 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 49 | A | 25.5 | 18 |
| Nikkel v The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia | 2015 BCSC 1720 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 57 | 15.5 | 16 | |
| Lau v Royal Bank of Canada | 2015 BCSC 1639 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 30 | E | 5 | 9 |
| Liboiron v IBM Canada Ltd | 2015 BCSC 1523 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 32 | 20 |
| Dhatt v Kal Tire Ltd | 2015 BCSC 1177 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 53 | E | 23 | 21 |
| Sowden v. Manulife Canada Ltd | 2015 BCSC 629 | 2015 | BC | Trial | NA | 20 | 20 | |
| Burns v Lyons | 2015 BCSC 605 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 31 | A | 0.2 | 2 |
| George v Cowichan Tribes | 2015 BCSC 513 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 54 | A | 33 | 20 |
| Johnson v Marine Roofing Repair & Maintenance Service (2003) Ltd | 2015 BCSC 472 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 65 | E | 24 | 24 |
| Steinebach v Clean Energy Compression Corp | 2015 BCSC 460 | 2015 | BC | Trial | 48 | A | 19.5 | 16 |
| Kim v International Triathlon Union | 2014 BCSC 2151 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 34 | E | 1.8 | 5 |
| Sciancamerli v Comtech (Communication Technologies) Ltd | 2014 BCSC 2140 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 0.8 | 5 |
| Morris v ACL Services Ltd | 2014 BCSC 1580 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 52 | E | 7.5 | 10 |
| Dodge v Signature Automotive Group Ltd | 2014 BCSC 1452 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 59 | E | 20 | 17 |
| Khan v All-Can Express Ltd | 2014 BCSC 1429 | 2014 | BC | Trial | NA | 5 | 4 | |
| Younger v Canadian National Railway Company | 2014 BCSC 1258 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 49 | E | 27 | 24 |
| Nicholson v Masonite International Corporation | 2014 BCSC 1247 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 45 | E | 2.5 | 6 |
| Ostrow v Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions | 2014 BCSC 938 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 40 | E | 0.75 | 6 |
| Collette v AMV Enterprises Ltd | 2014 BCSC 816 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 54 | E | 6 | 6 |
| Cho v Micros-Fidelio Canada Ltd | 2014 BCSC 639 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 47 | A | 16 | 12 |
| Stanley v Advertising Directory Solutions Inc | 2014 BCSC 376 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 51 | E | 15.2 | 19 |
| Oliver v Sure Grip Controls Inc | 2014 BCSC 321 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 53 | E | 9.2 | 12 |
| Hooge v Gillwood Remanufacturing Inc | 2014 BCSC 11 | 2014 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 36 | 18 |
| Nicholls v Columbia Taping Tools Ltd | 2013 BCSC 2201 | 2013 | BC | Trial | 49 | 5 | 8 | |
| Haff v Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc | 2013 BCSC 1720 | 2013 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 13 | 16 |
| Ellerbeck v KVI Reconnect Ventures Inc | 2013 BCSC 1253 | 2013 | BC | Trial | 59 | E | 3.5 | 10 |
| Hilton v. Graham’s Farms Ltd | 2013 BCSC 1139 | 2013 | BC | Trial | 41 | E | 19 | 18 |
| Chawrun v Bell Mobility Inc | 2013 BCSC 102 | 2013 | BC | Trial | 38 | E | 5.7 | 6 |
| Kerfoot v Weyerhaeuser Company Limited (Harshenin) | 2013 BCCA 330 | 2013 | BC | Appeal | 45 | E | 18.5 | 15 |
| Kerfoot v Weyerhaeuser Company Limited (Kerfoot) | 2013 BCCA 330 | 2013 | BC | Appeal | 43 | E | 15.75 | 15 |
| Phillips v Jakin Engineering & Construction Ltd | 2012 BCSC 2066 | 2012 | BC | Trial | 64 | E | 0.25 | 4 |
| Kastens v. The Bank of Nova Scotia | 2012 BCSC 1893 | 2012 | BC | Trial | 50 | E | 0.6 | 5 |
| Matusiak v IBM Canada Ltd | 2012 BCSC 1784 | 2012 | BC | Trial | 60 | E | 9.5 | 14 |
| Hawkes v Levelton Holdings Ltd | 2012 BCSC 1219 | 2012 | BC | Trial | 51 | E | 18 | 18 |
| Piron v. Dominion Masonry Ltd. | 2012 BCSC 1070, appeal dis'd and cross-appeal all'd 2013 BCCA 184 | 2012 | BC | Trial | 44 | E | 19 | 15 |
| Giza v Sechelt School Bus Service Ltd | 2012 BCCA 18 | 2012 | BC | Appeal | 61 | E | 5 | 6 |
| Dobbs v The Cambie Malone's Corporation | 2011 BCSC 1830 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 51 | A | 11 | 12 |
| Oystryk v FCT Insurance Company Ltd. | 2011 BCSC 1686 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 39 | A | 1.9 | 6 |
| Chan v Dencan Restaurants Inc | 2011 BCSC 1439 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 62 | A | 15 | 18 |
| Haftbaradaran v St Hubertus Estate Winery Ltd | 2011 BCSC 1424 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 37 | A | 2 | 8 |
| Szczypiorkowski v Coast Capital Savings Credit Union | 2011 BCSC 1376 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 61 | A | 18.5 | 18 |
| Balogun v Deloitte & Touche, LLP | 2011 BCSC 1314 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 44 | A | 0.7 | 2 |
| Systad v Ray-Mont Logistics Canada Inc | 2011 BCSC 1202 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 65 | A | 18 | 18 |
| Sun v. ESI Environmental Sensors Inc. | 2011 BCSC 1024 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 60 | A | 14 | 18 |
| Kidder v Photon Control Inc | 2011 BCSC 1016 aff'd 2012 BCCA 327 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 52 | A | 13 | 18 |
| Whiting v Boys and Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria | 2011 BCSC 681 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 57 | E | 13 | 18 |
| Porter v Fleischer | 2011 BCSC 389 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 50 | E | 0.5 | 9 |
| Wong v Rogers Communications Inc | 2011 BCSC 128 | 2011 | BC | Trial | 39 | E | 6 | 10 |
| Renard v Facet Decision Systems Inc | 2010 BCSC 1908 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 39 | E | 12 | 12 |
| Bomford v Wayden Transportation Systems Inc | 2010 BCSC 1506 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 54 | A | 8.2 | 10 |
| Kokilev v Picquic Tool Company Inc | 2010 BCSC 1412 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 41 | A | 8 | 10 |
| Rodrigues v Shendon Enterprises Ltd | 2010 BCSC 941 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 46 | E | 16 | 16 |
| Beggs v Westport Foods Ltd | 2010 BCSC 833, rev'd in part by 2011 BCCA 76 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 52 | E | 9.5 | 11 |
| Graham v Galaxie Signs Ltd | 2010 BCSC 609 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 60 | E | 14.5 | 10 |
| Nishina v Azuma Foods (Canada) Co., Ltd | 2010 BCSC 502 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 43 | E | 6.4 | 12 |
| Waterman v IBM Canada Limited | 2010 BCSC 376, aff'd 2013 SCC 70 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 65 | E | 40 | 20 |
| Palmer v Clemco Industries Inc (Gavin Palmer) | 2010 BCSC 230 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 60 | E | 14 | 15 |
| Palmer v Clemco Industries Inc (Jacke Palmer) | 2010 BCSC 230 | 2010 | BC | Trial | NA | 13 | 11 | |
| Pritchard v The Stuffed Animal House Ltd | 2010 BCSC 213 | 2010 | BC | Trial | 54 | E | 17 | 12 |
| Sifton v Wheaton Pontiac Buick GMC (Nanaimo) Ltd | 2010 BCCA 541 | 2010 | BC | Appeal | 50 | A | 16 | 14 |
| Mackie v West Coast Engineering Group Ltd | 2009 BCSC 1775 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 48 | A | 1.75 | 9 |
| Stastny v Dependable Turbines Ltd | 2009 BCSC 1648 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 51 | E | 20 | 15 |
| Pereira v The Business Depot Ltd | 2009 BCSC 1178 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 38 | E | 7 | 10 |
| Jamieson v Finning International Inc | 2009 BCSC 861 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 53 | A | 20 | 19 |
| Marshall v Old Meets New Furniture Ltd (Stokes Furniture) | 2009 BCSC 748 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 46 | E | 7 | 8 |
| Adams v Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc | 2009 BCSC 681 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 41 | E | 12 | 15 |
| Smith v Centra Windows Ltd | 2009 BCSC 606 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 50 | E | 13.5 | 15 |
| Koos v A & A Customs Brokers Ltd | 2009 BCSC 563 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 39 | A | 10 | 10 |
| Zaitsoff v Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership | 2009 BCSC 346 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 46 | E | 19 | 20 |
| Kalsi v Greater Vancouver Associate Stores Ltd | 2009 BCSC 287 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 33 | A | 16 | 16 |
| Bates v John Bishop Jewellers Limited | 2009 BCSC 158 , aff'd on other grounds 2009 BCCA 615 | 2009 | BC | Trial | 63 | E | 37.5 | 18 |
| Chapple v Umberto Management Ltd | 2009 BCCA 571 | 2009 | BC | Appeal | 35 | A | 13.5 | 15 |
| Saalfeld v Absolute Software Corp | 2009 BCCA 18 | 2009 | BC | Appeal | 34 | A | 0.75 | 5 |
| Lewis v Lehigh Northwest Cement Ltd | 2008 BCSC 542, appeal dismissed in part, 2009 BCCA 424 | 2008 | BC | Trial | 58 | E | 26 | 22 |
| Martell v Ewos Canada Ltd | 2005 BCSC 43, varied 2005 BCCA 554 | 2005 | BC | Trial | 53 | E | 10 | 16 |
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