Hi J's GarageIf I knew how to display the file within the message itself, I would. But please have a look at the attached pdf
Solicitors of Record: Tetrault and Drouin Don't see M.Geldert anywhere.Oh, but the lawyer that represented Club Intrawest was M. Geldert, and the judges "judge" based on what's presented to them.
We are Option 1 as well and now wondering if it's possible and how to relinquish the settlement obligations....Any help on this?Is it too late for Option 1 people to relinquish the settlement?
You probably already have this information, but I thought I should share it with Option 1 people
The BC branch of the Canadian Bar Association has a Lawyer Referral Service which offers an initial 30 minute consultation with a lawyer for $25 plus taxes. If you are interested in finding a lawyer in BC to represent you, you could get in touch with them:
Tel: 604.687.3221
Toll Free: 1.800.663.1919
http://cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Lawyer-Referral-Service
Alternatively, if you are looking for a lawyer in Alberta you can contact the Alberta branch of the CBA:
Phone: 403 263 3707
Email: mail@cba-alberta.org
http://www.cba-alberta.org
Is it too late for Option 1 people to relinquish the settlement?
We are Option 1 as well and now wondering if it's possible and how to relinquish the settlement obligations....Any help on this?
WHO I FEEL IS NOW OUR BEST HOPE FOR INTERVENTION
In BC Lawyers have a group insurance and they also contribute to a fund in order to deal with large claims against a bad lawyer – when a risk occurs especially a significant one lawyers are to notify of their potential liability as any insurance group will want to try and mitigate their loss.
If you are sending in a complaint to the BC Law Society do a follow-up call or email to this group to help expedite some action given the scale of their potential exposure and make them realize how many complaints there are may prioritize an immediate investigation.
https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/suppor...ntact-us/contact-us-by-types-of-inquiries-en/
There is a complete list of contact people listed with emails and phone numbers on the right side of the page about ½ way down – please call / email them as our intervention options are getting less by the day.
The Law Societies
British Columbia
Email contract for British Columbia Law Society:
professionalconduct@lsbc.org
File Information for British Columbia
Northmont Resort Properties v. Brian Golbert and Collette Goldberg
No. S159447, Vancouver Registry (the "Goldbert Action")
Decision of Mr. Justice Branch
Alberta
Contact link for Alberta Law Society:
https://www.lawsociety.ab.ca/public/providing-information-concerning-a-lawyer/intake-specialist/
Alberta Lawyer on Record is Barry King / Vincent Tong
Strathcona Law Group
150 Chippewa Road
Sherwood Park, AB
T8A 6A2
File Information for Alberta:
Provincial Court of Alberta Edmonton
Northmont Resort Properties Ltd. v. Reid, 2017 ABPC 249
Registry Action Number: P1490304333
Date: October 11, 2017
Decision of the Honorable Judge L.D. Young
The following link is interesting information about a Class Action. As for the Merrimans I have a copy of their filed Class Action from back in 2013 - question is was it ever certified? If not can it still be? If yes would the Geldert Clients be able to be part of it?From FB
If we all reread Sandy N Lee Merriman's posts, you would notice that they are trying to help us all. They already have a class action suit filed and ready for court. Why don't we join them? This is the best scenario we could have ever dreamed for. Option 1 will need to decide to relinquish the settlement and everyone else without a lawyer could join forces in a real class action suit with them.
To all those who say "1st time aware of this", from the beginning there were 4 distinct groups that went before Judge Loo way back in 2013. 2 of them did a lot of talking, while 2 did not. Without reliving the history or pointing fingers, a CLASS action is for the benefit of ALL the members of a group or class. Where this fell off the rails from the outset was that this group with MG who hailed itself a "class action" was in truth a special interest group created for only those that had held their leasehold interest for a period of time and wanted "out". Mistake #1 as now the group was fractionalized and motivated to get behind and spend money on a lawyer that was destined to lose when NOT serving the entire class of 15,000 leaseholds (all of us). This special group went on to be fractionalized more than once after that - always creating more division and weakness while mysterious 50 to 80 vested interested parties of Northwind REIT (a TRUST not a corporation so it could hide its identity) got stronger. It even hired professionals like Kirk Wankel and Doug Frey and Jud Virtue to kick our asses. Ranting at Mr Wankel for doing the job he was paid to do is pointless ... I myself would not take on scumbag clients like Northwind, but if I lacked a moral code and ethics, I would surely do my job just as well as he did and is doing. YES, we did a lot of research and spent a lot of time ($10,000 out of pocket and in excess of 200 hours that I would bill my clients for had I been working for them instead of this). On June 25, 2013, you can find S-134766 still listed as an active court filing (Lee Merriman V Northmont et al). Admittedly this filing was not well written by Kellie Hamilton (limited time) on behalf of myself, my wife, and perhaps the smartest man I know, Adam Hedayat. BUT at least it laid out the issues we ALL faced and formed the requisite information to BE A CLASS ACTION as we cared about ALL of you, not just some of you. Since Riverview is already a registered Strata property and our lease was exclusive to Riverview, the best course of action then and now was to ALL band against Northwind REIT, take our resort back, set up a Board, and manage it ourselves - allowing folks to buy in and out of it like a Strata / Condo property should. What I think is simply this ... when you folks can quit fighting amongst yourselves and going in multiple directions, we would be willing to help out with an already put together Corporate structure that will blow your socks off. This "deception" by lawyers started way back in 1994 with a Firm called McLeod Dixon that is now TWO Firms .. Norton Rose and Shinnour Matkin ... yes thats right .. our "trustee" and the Northmont lawyers have slept in bed together way back in 1994. Another little tidbit of information for you folks ... PRE Bankruptcy .. Our good old Trustee Philip Matkin had his wife and 2 other wives of his Firm owning 75% of Farimont thru a Company called 1287069 Alberta Ltd. Right again folks, our own Trustee had his wife PUT Fairmont into bankruptcy by calling a loan that was backed by our very own "capital investments" (ours was $35,000 paid in full) that were never recorded as income in Fairmont as they were funneled out to the FRPL Companies owned by 1287069 Alberta Ltd. Accordingly, you ALL have heard this before as I have posted more than once ... you just just chose to ignore it while riding the JEKE/MG train into oblivion. I was even aware that JEKE was a shell company that held only 1 thing, the Belfrey family leasehold interst and accordingly bore no financial risk that you all did. Even directors liability wouldn't apply as the debt would not be a CRA witholding debt. As Sandy has mentioned, we are out of the Country Feb 4 to 18 (we are every year). Upon our return, IF this group can UNITE, we will be glad to help as best we can however, I am aware that by letting JEKE waste our time and your money, this is an even more uphill battle than it would have been had we all united 4 years ago.
Remember you can't file a claim if you don't have evidence to backup your statements.
I have been following this thread with interest because a friend was involved in this scheme. The comments I am making are just thoughts, and should be asked of lawyer.
My heart goes out to each of you, It is a travesty when a contract is written so that legality supersedes morality.
1. It appears that there are two sets of judgements, one in Alberta and one in BC that will impact people. The lists of people are likely different, and one should find out which, or even if you are affected by one of these lists.
2. The BC list appears to apply to about 370 people, and in J. Branch's judgement from January 31, 2018 the costs are identified in the Exhibits which were not included with the document I saw. I suspect that people on this list are not impacted by the SIF, unless somehow the SIF is less (how could that be?) than the court judgement.
3. The people that are on the Alberta SLG list before J. Young have already had a decision against them, and are just waiting for a decision on interest and costs (this has already been given in the BC case before J. Branch). Separation from the lawyer does not remove you from the decision, but it does remove you from the SIF that will be presented to J. Young.
4. When the SIF settlement is presented, J. Young will have a decision to make. She may decide to apply the settlement to everyone, she may accept the larger settlement (162%) and apply it to those outside of the SIF, or she may choose to use a lower settlement for those on the list not included in the SIF. However, a judgement will probably be issued against everyone on the SLG list regardless of which option was chosen (ask a lawyer for clarification). It appears to be so for the 370 on the BC list.
5. A question for those that have not accepted the SIF is whether it is possible to have a new lawyer, or representative, present at the hearing regarding cost and interest.
6. It is possible that whichever path you choose to go forward, you will still have a judgement against you as a result of either the BC or Alberta cases.
There is so much wrong.
The following link is interesting information about a Class Action. As for the Merrimans I have a copy of their filed Class Action from back in 2013 - question is was it ever certified? If not can it still be? If yes would the Geldert Clients be able to be part of it?
https://www.mckenzielake.com/assets/pdf/Steps_in_a_Class_Action.pdf
Thanks for chiming in however you definitely have a lot of the FACTS incorrect which hey even some who are directly impacted by this don't fully understand because there are so many moving parts and unclear information to distract us from those FACTS.I have been following this thread with interest because a friend was involved in this scheme. The comments I am making are just thoughts, and should be asked of lawyer.
My heart goes out to each of you, It is a travesty when a contract is written so that legality supersedes morality.
1. It appears that there are two sets of judgements, one in Alberta and one in BC that will impact people. The lists of people are likely different, and one should find out which, or even if you are affected by one of these lists.
2. The BC list appears to apply to about 370 people, and in J. Branch's judgement from January 31, 2018 the costs are identified in the Exhibits which were not included with the document I saw. I suspect that people on this list are not impacted by the SIF, unless somehow the SIF is less (how could that be?) than the court judgement.
3. The people that are on the Alberta SLG list before J. Young have already had a decision against them, and are just waiting for a decision on interest and costs (this has already been given in the BC case before J. Branch). Separation from the lawyer does not remove you from the decision, but it does remove you from the SIF that will be presented to J. Young.
4. When the SIF settlement is presented, J. Young will have a decision to make. She may decide to apply the settlement to everyone, she may accept the larger settlement (162%) and apply it to those outside of the SIF, or she may choose to use a lower settlement for those on the list not included in the SIF. However, a judgement will probably be issued against everyone on the SLG list regardless of which option was chosen (ask a lawyer for clarification). It appears to be so for the 370 on the BC list.
5. A question for those that have not accepted the SIF is whether it is possible to have a new lawyer, or representative, present at the hearing regarding cost and interest.
6. It is possible that whichever path you choose to go forward, you will still have a judgement against you as a result of either the BC or Alberta cases.
There is so much wrong.
Hi qb_bcI have been following this thread with interest because a friend was involved in this scheme. The comments I am making are just thoughts, and should be asked of lawyer.
My heart goes out to each of you, It is a travesty when a contract is written so that legality supersedes morality.
1. It appears that there are two sets of judgements, one in Alberta and one in BC that will impact people. The lists of people are likely different, and one should find out which, or even if you are affected by one of these lists.
2. The BC list appears to apply to about 370 people, and in J. Branch's judgement from January 31, 2018 the costs are identified in the Exhibits which were not included with the document I saw. I suspect that people on this list are not impacted by the SIF, unless somehow the SIF is less (how could that be?) than the court judgement.
3. The people that are on the Alberta SLG list before J. Young have already had a decision against them, and are just waiting for a decision on interest and costs (this has already been given in the BC case before J. Branch). Separation from the lawyer does not remove you from the decision, but it does remove you from the SIF that will be presented to J. Young.
4. When the SIF settlement is presented, J. Young will have a decision to make. She may decide to apply the settlement to everyone, she may accept the larger settlement (162%) and apply it to those outside of the SIF, or she may choose to use a lower settlement for those on the list not included in the SIF. However, a judgement will probably be issued against everyone on the SLG list regardless of which option was chosen (ask a lawyer for clarification). It appears to be so for the 370 on the BC list.
5. A question for those that have not accepted the SIF is whether it is possible to have a new lawyer, or representative, present at the hearing regarding cost and interest.
6. It is possible that whichever path you choose to go forward, you will still have a judgement against you as a result of either the BC or Alberta cases.
There is so much wrong.
Thank you for your comments. Following this fiasco, I realize now how fortunate I was when a time share I owned here in BC went bankrupt and I was given the option to walk away or to join VI. Losing what I paid originally was a good option to me.We are very happy that people outside our group are seeing our plight that the business of Timeshares selling now has a new revenue opportunity where the resort owner / manager can manipulated things to create an environment where people need to buy an expensive release of their timeshare - that's what this is all about!!!
A familiar name I assume to some early on in this debacle, Clint Docken, is principal counsel with Higgerty Law. If you look at the last invoice from MG you'll note MG consulted him on this matter and re research into a possible class action. https://www.higgertylaw.ca/about/clint-docken/Who is Higgerty Law? Are they familiar with the history of this litigation? Also, why would one go to Farrell if they have selected option one with Geldert? What am I missing here?
For Geldert clients SIF refers to Sunchaser Instruction Form wherein we were given two options at the end of October 2017.Thank you for your comments. Following this fiasco, I realize now how fortunate I was when a time share I owned here in BC went bankrupt and I was given the option to walk away or to join VI. Losing what I paid originally was a good option to me.
After reading JY's decision I would have though the agreement (SIF - settlement in full?) would need to be presented to her according to;
[89] The Plaintiff is entitled to costs of this application and if the parties cannot agree on those costs, then they can be spoken to when the parties appear before me with respect to the other issues. The Clerk of the Court will not be preparing Certificates of Judgment until the outstanding issues have been resolved.
whatever the other issues were. I would also have expected the other party to appear against those who have not settled, to request judgement on the costs.
Realizing how tender the subject is, I apologize if my comments caused upset. I was only attempting to suggest some contexts to consider, correct or incorrect, within the present court situation that might cause issues going forward.
Henceforth, I will quietly watch and pray that this group arrives at a correct result. This abuse of contract language, while maybe legal, is a travesty and is frightening to all of us that do not understand legal vocabulary. I know I will not be naïve in signing contracts in the future.
check this out on their website - fairly new on their website. In just the past week or so they had been looking for Option 2 Geldert Clients but have since said no to all Geldert clientsA familiar name I assume to some early on in this debacle, Clint Docken, is principal counsel with Higgerty Law. If you look at the last invoice from MG you'll note MG consulted him on this matter and re research into a possible class action. https://www.higgertylaw.ca/about/clint-docken/
Hey truthr, you have done a lot of work for this group, much appreciation, can’t think of anybody else that could do justice with the Invermere reporter? Not interested or is it not legit?check this out on their website - fairly new on their website. In just the past week or so they had been looking for Option 2 Geldert Clients but have since said no to all Geldert clients
https://www.higgertylaw.ca/class-action-lawsuits/sunchaser-vacation-villas-class-action/
Thanks. As far as the reporter - just not the right time for now and she understands why.Hey truthr, you have done a lot of work for this group, much appreciation, can’t think of anybody else that could do justice with the Invermere reporter? Not interested or is it not legit?
And does anybody know if there was any traction made in Edmonton at the townhall meeting?