Court untangles 'bizarre mess' that allowed Vancouver duplex owner to pay off mortgage after foreclosure, sale

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled on a case she describes as a "bizarre mess" in a decision issued earlier this week.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled on a case she describes as a "bizarre mess" in a decision issued earlier this week. 

At issue before Justice Carla L. Forth was the question of who is the rightful owner of a duplex on East 41st Avenue in Vancouver, which is the subject of three separate and – in some ways – competing foreclosure proceedings.

The property in question was built in 2015, according to BC Assessment. It is a two-storey duplex with a total of four bedrooms and four bathrooms across the two units.

Its value as of July 1, 2023, is listed as $2,567,000.

The original owner of the property is 1022724 B.C. Ltd., a numbered company directed by Rajvir Singh Parmar.

The company – referred to throughout Forth's decision as "1022" – remains the registered owner of the property, but the decision makes clear that the property should have been transferred to a different owner back in 2021.

At that time, the decision indicates, the court granted a "vesting order," which stipulated that the property would be sold to Madan Joshi for $2,238,000.