Law360 Canada ( December 9, 2024, 2:56 PM EST) -- Appeal by appellant from the orders made after a family law trial. During the relationship, the parties acquired several properties, including a pre-construction apartment in London ("UK Property"), and a townhouse in Langley, B.C. ("Family Home"). The appellant contributed to the down payments for the UK Property and Family Home, claiming that the funds came from the assets he owned before the relationship. The appellant voluntarily withdrew from the trial before the respondent completed her case. The trial continued despite the appellant's absence. The judge granted the divorce and made various orders, including orders specific to parenting time, child support, division of family property and debt. The judge dismissed the appellant's claims to the excluded property due to insufficient proof and granted credit to the respondent on the excluded property. The appellant appealed the orders, alleging multiple errors by the judge, including procedural unfairness and that the outcome was not supported by evidence. Further, the appellant argued that the judge erred in rejecting his excluded property claims and that the division was unfair, leaving him financially bereft. The key issue on appeal was the division of property, specifically the appellant's claims for excluded property regarding the UK Property and Family Home....