BCLI Escheat Law Consultation

Session 2
Procedural & Practice Implications

The proposed framework introduces greater structure around limitation periods, search obligations, notice requirements and public transparency, with the aim of improving fairness and transparency.

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Tue, Sep 15 – 4:00-5:30pm
Thu, Sep 17 – 12:00-1:30pm

Session 2 Info
This 90-minute session will focus on the practical and procedural aspects of proposed reforms to escheat law for real estate, corporate and insolvency practice. The proposed framework introduces greater structure around limitation periods, search obligations, notice requirements and public transparency, with the aim of improving fairness and transparency.

The session will open with a short presentation outlining key procedural reforms, including the introduction of limitation periods, enhanced search and notification mechanisms, and expectations around the exercise statutory authority.

This will be followed by a facilitated discussion to consider how the proposed reforms might operate in practice.

Participants will be asked to consider questions such as:
- What are some of practical implications of fixed limitation periods?
- What do reasonable efforts to search for ownerless property look like and how might it function?
- What are some of the implications of the proposed notice provisions?
- Would a public registry of lapsed property interests increase certainty, or introduce new layers of risk?
- Does the proposed framework shift responsibility for potential liabilities attached to property with a lapsed interest, or simply clarify existing responsibilities?
This session is designed as a dialogue with a practical focus, giving practitioners the opportunity to give feedback on alternative approaches to managing lapsed ownership interests which currently fall under the B.C. Escheat Act.

BCLI Escheat Law Consultation

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