Elections 2021

A  petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of BC with regards to the application for enrolment of the above noted candidate. Pursuant to section 5 of the Notaries Act, be advised that the Court will hear the petition on August 27, 2025 and that a person may oppose the application at the hearing […]

[Edit – May 12- 2025] Please note, the date of the hearing has been changed from May 22, 2025 to June 13, 2025 as a result of a Court scheduling issue. On April 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of BC accepted in the Vancouver Registry, the matter of an application for enrolment pursuant to  the

The Annual Report for the year ending June 30, 2024 has been published and is available at the link below. Click here to access the full report : 98th Annual Report 2024

Justice Gropper of the BC Supreme Court has issued her reasons and decision in the  Law Society of British Columbia v. British Columbia.  The link below is to the full judgement. 2024 BCSC 1292 Law Society of British Columbia v. British Columbia (bccourts.ca) The Court has denied the application for an injunction meaning that the

The Notaries Act, in section 5, requires the publication of the names of persons seeking to make application for enrolment as members of The Notaries Society of British Columbia.  The Notice of Application,  dated May 13, 2024 is posted here .  The Notice is to be files in the registry of the Supreme Court of

Today, in the legislature, the Honourable Niki Sharma Attorney General rose in the House to move first reading of Bill 21.  The Bill is designed to modernize the regulation of Notaries Public and Lawyers and to provide for the licensing of regulated paralegals.  Whereas the proposed bill will result in the amalgamation of the Society

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Mortgage and land title fraud are in the news.   Here is some information from BC to help the public understand the risk and the protections that are in place. February 2023  Real estate transactions and BC’s land title system are safe and secure. Fraud is rare. While occurrences of land title fraud are infrequent, the

The Annual Report has been published and is available from the link below. SNPBC 2022 Annual Report (Compressed) Audited financial statements are available here