Law360 Canada ( October 5, 2026, 9:40 AM EDT) -- Appeal by 1316215 BC Ltd. (1316 Co.) from the dismissal of its application to cancel a certificate of pending litigation (CPL). Its second application sought cancellation pursuant to s. 252 of the Land Title Act (LTA), on the ground that no steps were taken in the first action for over a year. Prior to the determination of 1316 Co.’s application, Davis commenced the second action naming all the defendants in the first action, along with additional defendants. After filing the second action, Davis registered a fresh CPL against the Squamish Property, Squamish CPL No. 2. By the time of the abuse of process application, Davis had discontinued the first action and cancelled Squamish CPL No. 1. The chambers judge found that Davis’s intent was for the second claim to be a “protective action.” 1316 Co. argued that, even if the second action was not an abuse of process per se, the judge nonetheless failed to consider whether registration of the second CPL, followed by the withdrawal of the first, amounted to an abuse of process....