Commercial Leasing 2025

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2025-05-22 9:00 AM

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2025-05-22 4:00 PM

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2025-07-15

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2025-07-15

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2025-07-22

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2025-07-22

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Strategies, tools, and best practices update

Thursday, May 22, 2025
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
via webinar only

—Rebroadcasts—
On the rebroadcast date, you will have until midnight of that rebroadcast date to access the course. Please note that technical support will be available during regular CLEBC business hours.

Summer Series 2025
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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Who should attend: Commercial real estate lawyers and those who advise clients on commercial leases on an occasional basis

Learning level: Intermediate

This is your comprehensive update on commercial leasing issues.

General practitioners who occasionally advise on commercial leasing will also find the tools and strategies they need at this course.

We will start with a thorough review of current case law. Then seasoned solicitors and litigators will lead you through the complexities of practice in this area, providing practical guidance on common scenarios.

A hot topics roundtable to catch all your questions will top off the day.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
C. Nicole Mangan — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Pricing	EARLY BIRD Register by Apr. 24/25	Regular Price After Apr. 24/25
Live Webinar	$529	$599
Live Webinar Articled Student	$309	$309

Summer Series 2025	EARLY BIRD Register by June 16/25	Regular Price After June 16/25
Rebroadcast	$479	$549
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$279	$279

Are you a member of the Indigenous legal community (lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal) or a non-lawyer Indigenous community member?
We value your contributions and encourage your participation in all of our programs. To increase accessibility, we offer a 50% discount* to all Indigenous lawyers/Articled Students/legal support staff/paralegals and a limited number of free online registrations to non-lawyer Indigenous community members. (*discount applies to Regular prices, not Early Bird prices). Please contact Customer Service to find out more.

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Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Teresa Sheward
tsheward@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chairs
C. Nicole Mangan — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs
Nicole Mangan is a partner with Richards Buell Sutton and the chair of the firm's Commercial Leasing Practice Group and has been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the area of Commercial Litigation Law for the 2021 edition. Nicole has broad experience working with property managers, landlords and tenants handling commercial lease disputes including failure to pay rent, rent distress, abandoned premises, abandoned goods in a premise, surrender agreements, eviction of overholding tenants and ownership of fixtures on premises. Nicole is also a member of the firm's insurance and employment law practice groups.

Ross McGowan provides a broad range of compliance, risk management and litigation support, with a focus on assisting financial institutions in combating fraud and corruption. He also advises clients in operations, payment systems, policy advice, and regulatory compliance matters.

Within his practice, Ross works with a variety of insurers to provide coverage and subrogation advice relating to fraud losses, bondability of employees, policy design, and defence of claims. Ross' expertise also extends to commercial leasing disputes, advising landlords, property managers, and tenants on an array of issues.

Ross has represented Canadian banks and credit unions at trial and appellate courts across Canada on national and provincial class action defence matters, including ones requiring extensive knowledge of the Bills of Exchange Act, Payment Canada's Automated Clearing Settlement System Rules and Standards, the Bank Act, the Credit Union Incorporation Act, the Financial Institutions Act, and other legislation.

Faculty
Robert Fischer — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver
Joseph Romanoski — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Ryan Shaw — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Sabdeep Sidhu — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Saravan J. Veylan — MLT Aikins LLP, Vancouver

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Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Teresa Sheward — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
C. Nicole Mangan — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Introduction to Commercial Leasing (9:10 – 9:40)

the evolution of the commercial lease and remedies into the 21^st century
the commercial context of commercial lease remedies
the nightmare: consequences of a bad strategy

D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Case Law Update (9:40 – 10:20)

review of the most interesting leasing decisions of 2024
Kingsgate Property Ltd. v. Vancouver School District No. 39, 2024 BCSC 2325; the appeal of arbitral awards and application of issue estoppel

Ryan Shaw — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Sabdeep Sidhu — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:20 – 10:35)

Assignments and Subletting Rights and Remedies (10:35 – 11:05)

assignments and subleases in law
tenant/subtenant liability issues
landlord consent issues

Joseph Romanoski — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver

Renewal Rent Issues (11:05 – 11:35)

drafting tips on framing rent issues in lease renewal clauses
managing expert reports on renewal rent
renewal rent arguments in arbitrations

C. Nicole Mangan — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Questions & Discussion (11:35 – 11:45)

LUNCH (11:45 – 12:45)

How to Run an Arbitration (12:45 – 1:45)

Arbitration Act update
tenant engaged process

D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Dealing with Insolvent Tenants (1:45 – 2:25)

rights and remedies on a bankruptcy
rights and remedies in a CCAA proceeding
rights and remedies in a receivership proceeding

Robert Fischer — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver

BREAK (2:25 – 2:40)

Leases on First Nations Lands (2:40 – 3:10)

Saravan J. Veylan — MLT Aikins LLP, Vancouver

Hot Topics Roundtable (3:10 – 4:00)

Robert Fischer — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver
C. Nicole Mangan — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Ryan Shaw — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Sabdeep Sidhu — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Saravan J. Veylan — MLT Aikins LLP, Vancouver

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