1866noentry.com Systems Ltd. v Surrey (City)

Decided: 2026-10-23. Docket: CA51495. Citation: 2026 BCCA 430 (CanLII). Procedure — Pleadings — Striking claims — Abuse of process under Supreme Court Civil Rules, r 9-5(1)(d) — Duplicative litigation and the Saskatchewan (Environment) v Métis Nation framework — Whether omission of the circumstances and intention to abandon duplication was an error in principle — Discretionary striking order set aside — Appeal allowed | Procedure — Stay — Related relief — Whether staying the Shimco lien claim pending the Small Claims Action was warranted — Shimco lien claim could not be adjudicated or enforced in Provincial Court — Stay flowed from erroneous abuse of process ruling — Stay set aside — Appeal allowed | Construction — Builders liens — Holdback and security — Builders Lien Act, ss. 4 and 24 —