What is the burden of establishing that the registered owner of a property holds his or her interest or a portion of it in trust for another person?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Daemore v. Von Windheim, 2011 BCSC 1523 (CanLII):

The Torrens system places the burden upon those challenging title to show that the registered owner holds his or her interest or a portion thereof in trust for another: Virk v. Pannu, 2006 BCSC 921 at paras. 9 and 12.

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