Arpal Dosanjh

Corporate Disputes

• Counsel for shareholders of a private national company who successfully defended a claim of oppression:  McDougall v. Knutsen, 2024 BCCA 55; 2023 BCSC 211.
• Counsel for a religious society in successful defence of a membership enrolment process: Basra v. Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha (Vancouver), 2017 BCSC 1696.
• Counsel for members of a religious society in Alberta who were successful in rectifying oppressive conduct of the controlling group of the society: Sandhu v. Siri Guru Nanak Gurdwara of Alberta, 2015 ABCA 101; Sandhu v. Siri Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara of Alberta, 2013 ABQB 646.

Trusts

• Counsel for family members who successfully claimed a beneficial interest in farmlands: Sohi v. Sohi, 2022 BCSC 434.
• Counsel for beneficiaries in removal of trustee from family trust:  Ghag v. Ghag, 2021 BCCA 106; 2020 BCSC 2136.

Judicial Review

• Counsel for landlord in successful judicial review of residential tenancy decision:  Chishuan Housing Society v. Silver, 2021 BCSC 1074.

Contracts

• Counsel for party successfully advocating that requirements for legal contractual assignment must be strictly met:  Buhecha v. Impact Imaging Ltd., 2019 BCSC 663.

Court Procedure

• Court confirms that defence delay can prevent dismissal of an action for want of prosecution:  Transamerica Life Canada v. Oakwood Associates Advisory Group Ltd., 2019 ABCA 276; 2018 ABQB 320.
• Summary dismissal unavailable in Alberta where court unable to make findings of fact without live testimony: Price-Goulet v. Transamerica Life Canada, 2017 ABCA 156.

Class Actions

• Successfully resisted an application to certify a class action proceeding and obtained an order striking the entirety of the plaintiffs’ claims:  Lee v. Transamerica Life Canada, 2017 BCSC 843.
• Successful dismissal of some claims in advance of certification of proposed class action:  Lee v. Transamerica Life Canada, 2016 BCSC 191.

Jurisdiction Disputes

• Successfully defended a jurisdiction appeal in a claim of false imprisonment:  Huang v. Silvercorp Metals Inc., 2016 BCCA 100.
• Counsel for daughter in successfully challenging jurisdiction of British Columbia courts in a claim against her in a family law case:  Lantzius v. Lantzius, 2015 BCSC 2066.
• Counsel in a case holding that British Columbia courts did not have jurisdiction over a family law case: Aleong v. Aleong, 2013 BCSC 1428.

Restitution

• Counsel for a union in obtaining judgment to recover money received when misappropriated funds were deposited into a bank account held in joint names:  International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 502 v. Ford, 2016 BCCA 226;  International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 502 v. Ford, 2014 BCSC 867.

Damages

• Trial regarding damages for loss of use of Ferrari:  Miller v. Brian Ross Motorsports Corp., 2015 BCSC 1381.

Fraud

• Counsel for a union that obtained judgment in fraud against its former treasurer for stealing $1.69 million:  International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 502 v. Ford, 2014 BCSC 65.

Insurance

• Counsel in successful defence of claim involving cancelled life insurance coverage: Gish v. Hooper Insurance and Financial Services Inc., BCCA, 2011 BCAA 232;  Gish v. Hooper Insurance and Financial Services Inc., BCSC, 2010 BCSC 605.
• Acted for a life insurance company in successfully defending a $5 million death benefit claim: Community Credit Union v. Transamerica Life Canada, 2009 ABQB 704.

Torts

• Counsel for a young boy in successful claim against the provincial government for the negligence of probation officers: D.H. (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia, 2008 BCCA 222; D.H., J.H. & E.H. v. Kline et al, 2006 BCSC 1903.

Mining Disputes

• Counsel for a mining company in a dispute with land owners: Absorbent Products Ltd. v. 623819 B.C. Ltd., 2007 BCSC 298.

Commercial Leasing

• Regularly act for landlords and tenants in commercial leasing disputes, including through to arbitration.

• Canadian Bar Association (2005 to present)
• Vancouver Bar Association (2005 to present)
• Advocates’ Club (2010 to 2015)
• Roster member, Lawyer Referral Service now operated by Access Pro Bono (2007 to present)
• Director, Modo Cooperative – a car sharing service (2014 to 2021)

• CLEBC Civil Litigation Update 2020 (October 30, 2020):  Course co-chair
• PPI Solutions BC Fall Symposium (September 21, 2018) – Presenter of “Litigation tripping up advisors”
• Pacific Business & Law Institute Program on Commercial Leasing:  Managing risk from Start to Finish (March 9, 2018): Presenter of “Managing Litigation Risk”
• British Columbia Business Disputes (2016): contributing author to damages chapter