What is the quantum of each spouse's share after matrimonial difficulties have arisen?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bank of Nova Scotia v. Brickell, 1980 CanLII 650 (BC SC):

The claim in the case at bar is not a dispute between the spouses over the quantum of each spouse's share after matrimonial difficulties have arisen, as in Rathwell v. Rathwell, 1978 CanLII 3 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 436, [1978] 2 W.W.R. 101, 1 E.T.R. 307, 1 R.F.L. (2d) 1, 83 D.L.R. (3d) 289, and like cases.

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