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19 supplied records. Claims and correspondence record their authors’ or senders’ positions; orders record a court’s operative directions. The originals remain behind private access.
In plain language: Read the claim, the response and the outcome together. A claim is what someone says happened; it is not automatically a court finding. Open the original record to check the details.
What do these terms mean?
Allegation or pleading
What a party claims. It has not necessarily been accepted by a court.
Defence or response
The other party’s position. Read it beside the claim.
Procedural step
Something that happened in the case, not necessarily a decision about who was right.
Judgment or order
A court decision. Its scope, date and any later appeal still matter.
Supplied across this research edition. Authentication and verification limits are recorded on each document page.
D001 / Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry
Individuals, Wild Timber and affiliated companies allege commercial misrepresentations and serial-plate changes. The supplied claim and March 11 order belong to VLC-S-S-260999, a separate proceeding from Artic’s S-261878.
VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-02-09 · Filed/sealed initiating pleading evidenced by supplied copy; underlying claims unadjudicated here. · 32 PDF pages
Quebec dealer LTR and its parent bring an Alberta claim alleging defective equipment, missing documentation and parts/support, broken financing and return promises, and discrepancies between encoded manufacturing years and invoice/serial-plate years. They seek approximately $17.454 million and contractual/equitable relief.
2603-07923 · 2026-04-10 · Digital filing stamp · 31 PDF pages
CanLift's Hamilton action challenges franchise disclosure, foreign-law/arbitration/forum clauses, equipment and warranty issues, manufacturing-year plates, Ontario exclusivity and security registrations. The requested $20 million damages are expressly conditional on the court invalidating the distributor agreement's arbitration clause.
CV-25-00092151-0000 · 2025-10-01 · Electronically issued · 27 PDF pages
Artic Machinery alleges equipment defects, unpaid warranty support and serial-plate misrepresentations in S-261878. The pleading also recounts XCMG Canada’s process-error explanation. These are pleaded positions, not findings.
S-261878 · 2026-03-13 · Filed initiating pleading evidenced by supplied copy; underlying claims unadjudicated here. · 24 PDF pages
The supplied March 11 order imposed interim asset restrictions in VLC-S-S-260999, not a merits ruling or damages award. It was extended, varied and replaced on September 4, 2026 (D010).
VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-03-11 · Entered interlocutory order evidenced by supplied signed/stamped copy. Present continuing effect and subsequent variations/discharge not independently verified. · 6 PDF pages
Saskatoon dealer Certified alleges product defects, warranty and parts/software support failures, and manufacturing-year misrepresentations through serial plates. The pleading anticipates losses exceeding $1.5million; final relief amounts are to be determined at trial.
KBG-SA-897-2026 · 2026-07-21 · Issued date shown in scanned court form · 11 PDF pages
James Kurtz alleges that XCMG Canada dismissed him in October 2024 in retaliation for raising concerns about altered equipment serial plates. His supplied draft claim seeks compensation and additional damages. In a July 9, 2026 defence bearing Ontario court file CV-26-00094941-0000, XCMG Canada denies retaliation and says the dismissal arose from performance, conduct and confidentiality issues. The company says it investigated the reported safety concern and took corrective action. These are opposing pleadings; no judgment or merits finding was supplied, and the draft claim's issuance and exact filed version remain unverified.
Blank in this copy; related defence CV-26-00094941-0000 · 2026-05-01 · Draft or unverified filing copy: court file number, issuance date and registrar fields are blank. Filename date is not the issue or filing date. · Word document
James Kurtz alleges that XCMG Canada dismissed him in October 2024 in retaliation for raising concerns about altered equipment serial plates. His supplied draft claim seeks compensation and additional damages. In a July 9, 2026 defence bearing Ontario court file CV-26-00094941-0000, XCMG Canada denies retaliation and says the dismissal arose from performance, conduct and confidentiality issues. The company says it investigated the reported safety concern and took corrective action. These are opposing pleadings; no judgment or merits finding was supplied, and the draft claim's issuance and exact filed version remain unverified.
CV-26-00094941-0000 · 2026-07-09 · Dated defence with court file number. No independent registry confirmation or filing endorsement established from the supplied record; do not report July 9 as verified filing date. · 11 PDF pages
Justice Crerar found enough prima facie evidence of breaches of the March 11 and March 25 orders to raise the security, ordering a further C$5 million so that C$10 million is held in total. These are interim chambers findings on a without-notice application, not a trial decision on the claims.
VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-09-04 · Oral reasons in chambers; finalized copy distributed by the court on September 10, 2026 (see D011). · 6 PDF pages
This order extends, varies and replaces the March 11 Mareva order and the March 25 relief. It adds XCMG America Financial, raises allowed spending to C$1.5 million a month, and requires C$10 million in total security plus twice-monthly reporting. It is interim relief, not a finding of liability.
VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-09-04 · Entered order bearing the Vancouver Registry stamp of September 4, 2026 and a court signature. Scanned copy without a text layer. · 5 PDF pages
This registry form shows both sides’ counsel ordered the September 4 oral reasons, and the court distributed the official copy on September 10. It also records the transcriber’s note that dollar amounts were corrected to millions by agreement.
VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-10 · Ordering-party requests dated September 8 and 9; court message dated September 10, 2026. · 2 PDF pages
WorkSafeBC found that 27 XCMG XG4047DC lifts that ANT Rentals bought as 2024 units were built in 2021, and that their original serial plates had been replaced. It ordered ANT Rentals to stop supplying them. The orders are directed at ANT Rentals.
WorkSafeBC IR 202616635986A · 2026-03-17 inspection · Report delivered April 7, 2026 by email. Two orders outstanding at printing. · 6 PDF pages
In the same WorkSafeBC investigation, 18 of 27 Genie lifts in ANT Rentals’ fleet were found not to meet CSA or ANSI standards, with evidence that serial plates had been altered or replaced. This report concerns Genie equipment, not XCMG machines.
WorkSafeBC IR 202616635985A · 2026-03-17 inspection · Report delivered April 13, 2026 by email. Two orders outstanding at printing. · 6 PDF pages
Alberta OHS tagged nine XCMG units at two XCMG Canada sites with stop-use orders over missing or unreadable stamped VINs and plate-year mismatches. A March 19 stop-work order at the storage yard was recorded as complied with on March 20. These are safety orders, not findings of fraud.
OHS-328257 / OHS-331802 · 2026-03-19 to 2026-03-23 · Inspections March 19 and 20; reports delivered March 20 and March 23, 2026. Scanned copy without a text layer. · 11 PDF pages
A saved copy of the play 103.7 article reporting that Alberta RCMP executed a search warrant at XCMG Canada’s Edmonton headquarters on April 21, 2026 in a fraud investigation. The RCMP said no charges had been laid.
Not a court record · 2026-04-23 · Saved printout of an online news article. Not a court or police record. · 3 PDF pages
XCMG Canada’s CEO swore that the company does not change or alter serial plates, that loose plates and anomalous dates came from an error at the XCMG China plant affecting about 1% of its machines, and that the March 19 Alberta OHS stop-work orders were lifted on March 20. This is sworn evidence from one side, not a court finding.
VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-03-23 · Affirmed by video before a commissioner in Vancouver; exhibits not included. · 10 PDF pages
CanLift denies XCMG North America’s contract claims and counterclaims against XCMG North America and XCMG America Financial. It alleges defective equipment, refused parts and warranty support, and serial-plate tampering. These are CanLift’s allegations and have not been decided.
2:26-cv-01508-APG-MDC · 2026-09-29 · Filed as Document 36 on September 29, 2026. · 25 PDF pages
The court clerk issued a summons on October 5, 2026 to bring XCMG America Financial into the case on CanLift’s counterclaims, with 21 days to respond after service. It is a procedural step, not a ruling.
2:26-cv-01508-APG-MDC · 2026-10-05 · Summons issued by the clerk and filed as Document 38 on October 5, 2026. Scanned copy without a text layer. · 2 PDF pages
In an email dated October 11, 2024, Jim Kurtz reported concerns to XCMG Canada’s CEO about manufacturing dates shown on serial plates for certain lifts and possible effects on inspection timing. These are sender-reported concerns, not findings; the supplied copy has not been independently authenticated.
No case number · email dated 2024-10-11 · 2024-10-11 · Date and time shown in the supplied email copy; transmission and completeness not independently authenticated. · 1 PDF pages