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The Ministry of Children and Family Development (“MCFD”) sought to quash a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Director of Adjudication compelling the MCFD to produce certain records that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
There is no authority in the legislation that governs appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission for the Commission to reopen or reconsider its decisions once they are made. At common law, the Commission only has authority to reconsider an earlier decision if the earlier d...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE ACT(2023-08-31)
Neither the Wildfire Act or the Wildfire Regulation limit or otherwise qualify the term “fire” by use of terms “burning fire” or “embers”, and there is nothing to suggest that the use of “fire” in the legislat...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE REGULATION 38/2005
In British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal) v Gibraltar Mines Ltd., 2023 BCCA 168, the Court of Appeal constituted a five-justice division to review the test for family status discrimination set out in Health Sciences Assoc. of BC v Campbell River and North Island Transition S...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on HUMAN RIGHTS CODE
In North Vancouver (District) v Hanlon, 2023 BCCA 114, the Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s order that the appellant pay to the respondent an additional $900,000 for the expropriation of her property, reflecting the difference between the Court-assessed market va...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on EXPROPRIATION ACT
The Director of Adjudication allowed the Ministry of Attorney General, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Health’s request that the commissioner grant certain remedies on the basis that an individual was abusing FIPPA’s review and inquiry process: the com...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
In British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Le, 2023 BCCA 200, the appellants challenged an order that s. 5 of the Disbursement and Expert Evidence Regulation, BC Reg 210/2020 (the "Regulation") was both invalid and unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal held that a reg...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on EVIDENCE ACT
In North Vancouver (District) v Hanlon, 2023 BCCA 114, the Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s order that the appellant pay to the respondent an additional $900,000 for the expropriation of her property, reflecting the difference between the Court-assessed market va...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on EXPROPRIATION ACT(2023-08-31)
The Forest Appeals Commission does not have authority to impose a penalty against someone who is not a party to an appeal and to do so as a matter of first instance. That is the role of the Minister or his or her delegate under FRPA.
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT(2023-07-14)
For purposes of s.31, there is a difference between “ascertaining” or “determining” a sum, and “calculating” a sum – the latter is a purely mathematical exercise with no discretion as to how it is done, whereas the former permits a det...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE REGULATION 38/2005
There is no authority in the legislation that governs appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission for the Commission to reopen or reconsider its decisions once they are made. At common law, the Commission only has authority to reconsider an earlier decision if the earlier d...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT
This was a judicial review decision concerning an FOI request made to the City of Vancouver (the “City”) to release two sets of records it held: one pertaining to short term rentals (“STR”) with Airbnb, and one pertaining to all STRs. The City refused t...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
Neither the Wildfire Act or the Wildfire Regulation limit or otherwise qualify the term “fire” by use of terms “burning fire” or “embers”, and there is nothing to suggest that the use of “fire” in the legislation refers only to a...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE REGULATION 38/2005
The Forest Appeals Commission does not have authority to impose a penalty against someone who is not a party to an appeal and to do so as a matter of first instance. That is the role of the Minister or his or her delegate under FRPA.
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT(2023-06-25)
The Forest Appeals Commission does not have authority to initiate an order against someone who is not a party to an appeal and to do so as a matter of first instance. That is the role of the Minister or his or her delegate under the Wildfire Act.
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE ACT
There is no authority in the legislation that governs appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission for the Commission to reopen or reconsider its decisions once they are made. At common law, the Commission only has authority to reconsider an earlier decision if the earlier d...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE ACT
In British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Le, 2023 BCCA 200, the appellants challenged an order that s. 5 of the Disbursement and Expert Evidence Regulation, BC Reg 210/2020 (the "Regulation") was both invalid and unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal held that a reg...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on DISBURSEMENTS AND EXPERT EVIDENCE REGULATION 210/2020
The Director of Adjudication allowed the Ministry of Attorney General, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Health’s request that the commissioner grant certain remedies on the basis that an individual was abusing FIPPA’s review and inquiry process: the com...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
In Aura Ventures Corp v Vancouver (City), 2023 BCCA 209, the Court of Appeal upheld the summary trial judge’s order dismissing a proposed class action brought against the City of Vancouver (the “City”) on the basis that the City did not hold certain lands in ...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on VANCOUVER CHARTER
This amendment removes "an architect, as defined in the Architects Act" in 31(a) but adds "an architect under the Professional Governance Act" in 31(f.1). This is a consequential amendment after the Architects Act was repealed on February 10, 2023 and architects are now ...
Scott Marcinkow, Harper Grey LLP on EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS REGULATION 396/95
The Forest Appeals Commission does not have authority to impose a penalty against someone who is not a party to an appeal and to do so as a matter of first instance. That is the role of the Minister or his or her delegate under FRPA.
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT(2023-08-31)
The BC Court of Appeal has held that because the CRT's determinations resemble judicial decision making, procedural protections closer to the trial model are required by the duty of fairness. However, the tribunal has discretion whether to hold an oral hearing and permit witne...
Melanie Harmer, McMillan LLP on CIVIL RESOLUTION TRIBUNAL ACT
In Champ’s Fresh Farms Inc. v. British Columbia (Employment Stanards Tribunal), 2023 BCSC 1075, the BC Supreme Court considered a petition for judicial review from a decision of the Employment Standards Tribunal relating to minimum wage for farm workers picking mush...
Scott Marcinkow, Harper Grey LLP on EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS REGULATION 396/95
Neither the Wildfire Act or the Wildfire Regulation limit or otherwise qualify the term “fire” by use of terms “burning fire” or “embers”, and there is nothing to suggest that the use of “fire” in the legislation refers only to a...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE REGULATION 38/2005
This was a judicial review decision concerning an FOI request made to the City of Vancouver (the “City”) to release two sets of records it held: one pertaining to short term rentals (“STR”) with Airbnb, and one pertaining to all STRs. The City refused t...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
The Forest Appeals Commission does not have authority to impose a penalty against someone who is not a party to an appeal and to do so as a matter of first instance. That is the role of the Minister or his or her delegate under FRPA.
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT
In Linkletter v Proctorio, Incorporated, 2023 BCCA 160, the Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge’s order dismissing Mr. Linkletter’s application to dismiss a copyright and breach of confidence action against him under s. 4 of the Protection of Public Participa...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on PROTECTION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACT
An appeal to the BC Supreme Court of a decision of the parcel tax roll review panel is subject to very tight time limits, which the Court does not have the jurisdiction to extend (Birkin v. North Cowichan (Municipality), 2016 BCSC 1702). Furthermore, aggrieved persons li...
Michael Moll, Civic Legal LLP on COMMUNITY CHARTER
Neither the Wildfire Act or the Wildfire Regulation limit or otherwise qualify the term “fire” by use of terms “burning fire” or “embers”, and there is nothing to suggest that the use of “fire” in the legislation r...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE REGULATION 38/2005
In Hawthorn v Hawrish, 2023 BCCA 182, the Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge’s order dismissing applications made under s. 7 of the Arbitration Act, SBC 2020, c 2 (the "Act") for a partial stay of proceedings in favour of arbitration. The Court of Appeal held that...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on ARBITRATION ACT
In TL v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2023 BCCA 167, the Court of Appeal held that s. 96(1) of the Child, Family and Community Service Act, RSBC 1996, c 46 violates s. 8 of the Charter and is of no force and effect to the extent that it authorizes Directors of Child Pro...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS [FEDERAL]
Read in proper context, and in the absence of limiting language, the grammatical and ordinary sense of word “fire” the s. 29 is that “a fire is a fire”. A distinction imported into the definition of “fire” which excludes a deliberately...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE REGULATION 38/2005
In North Vancouver (District) v Hanlon, 2023 BCCA 114, the Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s order that the appellant pay to the respondent an additional $900,000 for the expropriation of her property, reflecting the difference between the Court-assessed market va...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on EXPROPRIATION ACT
An appeal to the BC Supreme Court of a decision of the parcel tax roll review panel is subject to very tight time limits, which the Court does not have the jurisdiction to extend (Birkin v. North Cowichan (Municipality), 2016 BCSC 1702). Furthermore, aggrieved persons li...
Michael Moll, Civic Legal LLP on COMMUNITY CHARTER
There is no authority in the legislation that governs appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission for the Commission to reopen or reconsider its decisions once they are made. At common law, the Commission only has authority to reconsider an earlier decision if the earlier d...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT(2023-06-25)
The Ministry of Children and Family Development (“MCFD”) sought to quash a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Director of Adjudication compelling the MCFD to produce certain records that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
The Director of Adjudication allowed the Ministry of Attorney General, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Health’s request that the commissioner grant certain remedies on the basis that an individual was abusing FIPPA’s review and inquiry process: the com...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
There is no authority in the legislation that governs appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission for the Commission to reopen or reconsider its decisions once they are made. At common law, the Commission only has authority to reconsider an earlier decision if the earlier d...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT(2023-07-14)
In TL v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2023 BCCA 167, the Court of Appeal held that s. 96(1) of the Child, Family and Community Service Act, RSBC 1996, c 46 violates s. 8 of the Charter and is of no force and effect to the extent that it authorizes Directors of Child Pro...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT
The class action privacy case, Ari v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2022 BCSC 1475 involved a claim by individuals (and those who lived with them) whose personal information was improperly accessed without an apparent business purpose, by an ICBC adjuster. The adj...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on PRIVACY ACT
This was a judicial review decision concerning an FOI request made to the City of Vancouver (the “City”) to release two sets of records it held: one pertaining to short term rentals (“STR”) with Airbnb, and one pertaining to all STRs. The City refused t...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
This judicial review quashed as unreasonable order F 22-44, which would have required the City of Burnaby to release information about property it owned. The judge confirmed that the standard of review is of reasonableness. The judge concluded that the adjudicator erred when f...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
There is no authority in the legislation that governs appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission for the Commission to reopen or reconsider its decisions once they are made. At common law, the Commission only has authority to reconsider an earlier decision if the earlier d...
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT(2023-08-31)
The Forest Appeals Commission does not have authority to initiate an order against someone who is not a party to an appeal and to do so as a matter of first instance. That is the role of the Minister or his or her delegate under the Wildfire Act.
Jeff Waatainen, DLA Piper LLP on WILDFIRE ACT(2023-08-31)
In North Vancouver (District) v Hanlon, 2023 BCCA 114, the Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s order that the appellant pay to the respondent an additional $900,000 for the expropriation of her property, reflecting the difference between the Court-assessed market va...
OnPoint Legal Research, Onpoint Legal Research Law Corporation on EXPROPRIATION ACT(2023-08-31)
The Ministry of Children and Family Development (“MCFD”) sought to quash a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Director of Adjudication compelling the MCFD to produce certain records that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
This was a judicial review decision concerning an FOI request made to the City of Vancouver (the “City”) to release two sets of records it held: one pertaining to short term rentals (“STR”) with Airbnb, and one pertaining to all STRs. The City refused t...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
Decisions of the court under s. 17 are not limited appeal orders and therefore leave is not required under s. 11 of the Court of Appeal Rules to appeal.
Melanie Harmer, McMillan LLP on JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCEDURE ACT
The Director of Adjudication allowed the Ministry of Attorney General, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Health’s request that the commissioner grant certain remedies on the basis that an individual was abusing FIPPA’s review and inquiry process: the com...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
This was a judicial review decision concerning an FOI request made to the City of Vancouver (the “City”) to release two sets of records it held: one pertaining to short term rentals (“STR”) with Airbnb, and one pertaining to all STRs. The City refused t...
Karen Zimmer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
