Jaimie Kidston Law Office
203 - 383 Ellis Street V2A 4L9 Penticton, BC, Canada

Control your donkeys/mules/animals! Property owner at fault for loose donkeys on the road: Ontario court finds that it was negligent for a property owner to have failed to carry out regular inspections and notice that the gate immediately adjacent to a roadway was unlocked. The trial judge found that the donkeys (or mules - they use both terms - I'm not sure any of the people involved knew anything about equids!) pushed through a gate to escape onto the road. The property o...wner appealed this decision because they felt their tenant (who owned the donkeys) should have been liable. The Court of Appeal disagreed, saying that the property owner had a duty to secure the structural integrity of the fence. The Supreme Court of Canada refused leave to appeal this decision. Bottom line: check your fences regularly, keep your livestock and motorists safe, and get 3rd party liability insurance with respect to your animals. Youssef v. Misselbrook, 2020 ONCA 83 (CanLII),

We can leverage technology to make the court system faster and more efficient. This public health emergency needs to be the seed of change.

Experiencing conflict due to isolation or quarantine? Maybe you can mediate it. https://www.mediatebc.com/resolving-other-disput/quarantine

We are very pleased to have helped our clients win this case. https://vancouversun.com//a30ef084-224c-42ea-a787-b39a1fb/

Very proud to have won a recent trial for clients in Kelowna with able co-counsel Springfords. The court found our clients were lawfully in possession of their lands on reserve; the developer was not. $250,000 in damages awarded. https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/04/2020BCSC0401.htm

We continue to work but our physical office is closed to clients. Health and safety of staff and clients comes first. Please send us an email or call and leave a message. We will get through this difficult time together.