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Defendant's Applications to be Set Aside.......................................................................................................................4Plaintiffs Make Application Pursuant to Rule 13(10).................................................................................................4Facts - Exchange of Documents .................................................................................................................................4Generally.....................................................................................................................................................................4Particular to Action No. S004040 ..............................................................................................................................7Particular to Action No. S005440...............................................................................................................................9Analysis and Argument ............................................................................................................................................10Doctrine: The Common Law v. Statues. Which are Substantive?........................................................................11International Law - Service ..................................................................................................................................12Practice- Rule 13(12) Hague Convention.............................................................................................................13Practice - Defence -Rule 4 (Rules) ......................................................................................................................14Part I: Statement Of Facts.............................................................................................................................................15Circumstances Surrounding the Two Claims............................................................................................................15The First Claim of Kapoustin et al. v. Republic of Bulgaria No. S004040..........................................................16Salient Facts .........................................................................................................................................................19The Second Claim of LifeChoice of others, v. Republic of Bulgaria S005440....................................................21Defendant's Applications...........................................................................................................................................22Part II Argument and Analysis Ad Exitum....................................................................................................................22 New Header...............................................................................................................................................................22Modern Law - Overlapping Causes of Action - Head of Damage............................................................................23Governing Legal Principles .....................................................................................................................................23Application of Immunity to the Case at Bar ............................................................................................................23Doctrine Of Sovereign Immunity.........................................................................................................................24Statutory Codification ..........................................................................................................................................25The Evolution of State Immunity .........................................................................................................................26Application of Rules 13(10) and 14(6) ....................................................................................................................34Doctrine of Rule 13(10), Jurisdiction Simpliciter.................................................................................................36Doctrine of Rule 14(6), Jurisdiction Forma non Convenienes.............................................................................39Part III: a brief statement of argument, ........................................................................................................................41Applications presently at Bar .......................................................................................................................................42Law Summaries.............................................................................................................................................................42 Need To Amend Statements of Claim ......................................................................................................................42Amendments To Statements of Claim.......................................................................................................................43Action No. S004040..............................................................................................................................................43Action No. S005440..............................................................................................................................................43Argument=Application of Immunity To The Case At Bar .......................................................................................43Sovereign State Immunity, s. 3 of the Act.............................................................................................................45Waiving of Immunity, s. 4 of the Act....................................................................................................................45Commercial Activities, s. 2 and s. 5 of the Act.....................................................................................................47Construing The Definition Of Commercial Activity In The Canadian Act .........................................................47Personal Injury and Property damage, s. 6 of the Act...........................................................................................48Criminal Proceedings , s. 18 of the Act.................................................................................................................52Argument Rule 13(10), Jurisdiction Simpler and 14(6)............................................................................................52Argument Jurisdiction Simpler.................................................................................................................................54Argument-Jurisdiction Simpliciter........................................................................................................................55Argument Applications Of Rule 13 DOES THE COURT HAVE JURISDICTION?...........................................55Argument 13(10)...................................................................................................................................................56Argument 13(10).......................................................................................................................................................56 Negligence of Bulgaria.............................................................................................................................................58Contributing Factor...................................................................................................................................................58Conspiracy Doornbos S004040................................................................................................................................58Argument Conspiracy - Forma Convenies................................................................................................................59Argument Conspracy ...............................................................................................................................................59Argument forma Convenies .....................................................................................................................................59Argument 14(6).........................................................................................................................................................5914(6) reads in part Contractual Cases:..........................................................................................................................65
 
(1) Where each party resides.................................................................................................................................662) Where each party carries on business. .............................................................................................................663) Where the cause of action arose. .....................................................................................................................674) Where the loss or damage occurred. ................................................................................................................675) Any juridical advantage to the plaintiff . .........................................................................................................676) Any juridical disadvantage to the defendant ....................................................................................................687) Convenience or inconvenience to potential witnesses. ....................................................................................688) Costs of litigation in this jurisdiction. ..............................................................................................................689) The applicable substantive law ........................................................................................................................69(10) Difficulty in proving foreign law, if necessary. ............................................................................................70(j) Difficulty and cost of proving foreign law:.....................................................................................................70(11) Whether there are parallel proceedings in any other jurisdiction.................................................................70(11) Whether there are parallel proceedings in any other jurisdiction................................................................71Salient Facts As Set Out In Kapoustin Affidavit(S)..................................................................................................73Part IV: the nature of the order requested, ...................................................................................................................74Plaintiffs Application to be Set ................................................................................................................................75Service Inconsistent With the Applicable Enactment and the Rules of Court......................................................75Application To Be Decided In Absence of Plaintiffs............................................................................................75STRIKE AFFIDAVIT(S)(S) OF DOBREVA........................................................................................................75HAVE THE PLAINTIFFS BEEN PROPERLY SERVED?..................................................................................76PLAINTIFFS TO AMEND STATEMENT OF CLAIM.......................................................................................76(a) set aside a proceeding, either wholly or in part,..............................................................................................77(b) set aside any step taken in the proceeding, or a document or order made in the proceeding,.........................77(c) allow an amendment to be made under Rule 24,.............................................................................................77(d) dismiss the proceeding or strike out the statement of defence and grant judgment, or...................................77(e) make any other order it thinks just..................................................................................................................77THE PLAINTIFFS CLAIM THE FOLLOWING RELIEF:.....................................................................................77The Evidence On The Application of the Defendant............................................................................................79Part V: a table of the authorities that the party expects to refer to, arranged alphabetically, together with a referenceto the pages in the argument where they are cited, and ...............................................................................................79Authorities.................................................................................................................................................................80Statutes Noticed ...................................................................................................................................................80Cases Noted...........................................................................................................................................................80Footnotes ..............................................................................................................................................................81Words and Phrases ...............................................................................................................................................81Index......................................................................................................................................................................81
 
 No. S004040VANCOUVER REGISTRY
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
BETWEEN:TRACY KAPOUSTIN, NICHOLAS KAPOUSTIN BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM TRACYKAPOUSTIN AND MICHAEL KAPOUSTIN,PLAINTIFFSAND:THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA et al.,DEFENDANTS
 
AND:MICHAEL KAPOUSTIN,RESPONDENTAND No. S005440VANCOUVER REGISTRY
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
BETWEEN:"LIFECHOICE INTERNATIONAL AD", DIMITAR HRISTOV, BORISLAV MARINOV, RADKAPETROVA, LIFECHOICE BANQ1 CORPORATION On behalf of themselves and all others similarlysituated,PLAINTIFFS
AND:
THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA et al.,ANDMICHAEL KAPOUSTIN,RESPONDENT
FACTUM
Comes now Michael Kapoustin the Respondent ("Respondent"), and presents this Memorandum for the purpose of clarifying those facts and law that are material and on which the plaintiffs rely on the merits to prove the
 jurisdiction
of this Court over the Defendant, Republic of Bulgaria ("Defendant") et al.. Plaintiffs rely on thisFactum together the affidavits and other evidence provided here to assist the Court in circumstances where as a practical matter the Respondent is obstructed by a defendant in his fundamental civil right to appear 
in proprio persona
and give evidence at this or any other civil proceedings where the Republic of Bulgaria, its' employees,agencies or instrumentalities are defendants.The lawful interests and rights of all the plaintiffs as named and those of any member of the class as yet unnamedare to be affected by the outcome of this hearing.
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