Patrick Eng Tien Tan and Virginia Mary Tan

Updated June 21, 2019

Please be advised that on April 29, 2016 Bankruptcy Orders were made against Patrick Eng Tien Tan and Virginia Mary Tan adjudging them bankrupt and Boale, Wood & Company Ltd. was appointed as Trustee for each estate. Copies of the Bankruptcy Orders can be found below.

Since that time the Trustee has been pursuing recovery of the assets of the estates, including the sale of real estate owned by the Tans and recovery from Net Winners of the fraudulent investment scheme operated by the Tans. For details on the activities of the Trustee since being appointed, please refer to the Trustee’s First Report to Court included below.

The Estates of Patrick and Virginia Tan have been consolidated pursuant to an Order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia dated March 12, 2019, a copy of which is attached below.

We have been advised by the BC Supreme Court that The Honourable Mr. Justice Gomery has been re-assigned as the Judicial Management Judge in the various Tan related matters. Please find attached copies of the Notices received from the Court to date.

A Judicial Management Conference has been scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 9 am for one hour at the Vancouver Supreme Court, 800 Smithe Street.

For further information, please contact John McEown by email at jmceown@boalewood.ca or by telephone at (604) 605-3335.

Notices of Re-Assignment as Judicial Management Judge

Bankruptcy Orders
Bankruptcy Order for Patrick Eng Tien Tan
Bankruptcy Order for Virginia Mary Tan
Consolidation Order for Patrick Eng Tien Tan and Virginia Mary Tan dated March 12, 2019

Other Court Documents
Trustee’s First Report to Court dated March 6, 2019

Creditors
Creditor Package
Trustee’s Preliminary Report to Creditors

Memorandum
Memorandum to Parties

Pursuant to the Memorandum of Madam Justice DeWitt-Van Oosten dated September 8, 2017 (the “Memorandum”), the Trustee was asked to prepare and post on this website a list of the actions before the Court relating to Virginia and Patrick Tan that are known to the Trustee (the “Action List”). In addition, the Trustee was further asked to prepare an “email service list” containing the email addresses of counsel and self-represented litigants involved in the matters on the Action List, where the Trustee has received the consent of such counsel and self-represented litigants to have their information included (the “Email Service List”).

In accordance with the Memorandum, please find below the links to the Action List and Email Service List. We ask that you contact Deborah at dht@cwilson.com in the event you wish to be added to the lists.

Please be advised that arrangements for appropriate service on actions, interlocutory applications or otherwise, remain the responsibility of the parties affected and are not the responsibility of the Trustee or its legal counsel.

Other Information
Action List
Email Service List