The Appellant, Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (the “Association”), successfully appealed a decision from a Chambers Judge in the Supreme Court of BC. The Chambers Judge had granted an application for judicial review made by the Respondent, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (the “Network”), in relation to a BC Human Rights Tribunal decision. In the result, the BC Court of Appeal reinstated the earlier decision of the BC Human Rights Tribunal, which had dismissed the Network’s complaint against the Association.

19. June 2018 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Tribunal – Discrimination – Race – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal), [2018] B.C.J. No. 644, 2018 BCCA 132, British Columbia Court of Appeal, April 11, 2018, H. Groberman, ...

The BC Court of Appeal found the City of Vancouver’s bylaw authorizing its director of planning to relax zoning bylaw provisions for development proposals that include low cost housing to be valid

15. May 2018 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Director of Planning – Permits and licences – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of Review – Correctness – Municipalities – Change of by-laws – Planning and zoning – Building permits Caring Citizens of Vancouver Society v. Vancouver (City), [2018] B.C.J. No. 400, 2018 BCCA 87, British Columbia Court ...

Application for judicial review of a decision of the Legal Services Society of British Columbia in which it denied the applicant’s claim for legal aid representation in her family law case; dismissed

17. April 2018 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Legal Aid Commission – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness – Legal aid M.H. v. Legal Services Society of British Columbia, [2018] B.C.J. No. 217, 2018 BCSC 195, British Columbia Supreme Court, February 9, 2018, H.J. Holmes J. M.H. sought judicial ...

The College’s policies that require physicians to provide an effective referral in cases where the physician is unwilling to provide elements of care on religious grounds are an infringement on some physicians’ religious freedoms, but the infringements are justified because the objectives of the policies are of sufficient importance

20. March 2018 0
Administrative law – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Freedom of Religion – Human rights complaints – Judicial review – Standard of review – Correctness – Physicians and surgeons – Statutory provisions – Public interest The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, [2018] O.J. No. 505, ...

Supreme Court of Canada affirms BC Human Rights Tribunal decision to dismiss application, finding the HRT had jurisdiction over the complaint where section 13 only requires a sufficient nexus with the employment context, and not necessarily a relationship of economic power

20. February 2018 0
The BC Human Rights Tribunal dismissed a respondent’s application to dismiss a complaint against him on the basis that the HRT did not have jurisdiction. The complaint was made by an individual who was not employed by the respondent or the respondent’s employer, but rather, they worked on a mutual project together. The respondent argued ...

SKCA upholds Labour Relations Board decision that complainant under the repealed OHS Act could release an employer with respect to any past wrongdoing that is personal to the complainant

20. December 2017 0
Appeal from decision of Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board regarding whether a complainant under employment legislation could release an employer with respect to wrongdoing that occurred in the past and is personal to the complainant rather than systemic in nature. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Labour and employment boards – Appeals – Employment – Termination ...

BCSC upholds Human Rights Tribunal decision dismissing portions of petitioner’s complaint on the basis it was late filed and the alleged facts in relation to those portions could not form part of a continuing contravention

22. November 2017 0
A court upheld the Human Rights Tribunal’s decision to dismiss portions of the petitioner’s complaint on the basis that it was late filed and the alleged facts in relation to those portions could not form part of a continuing contravention. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human Rights Tribunal – Human rights complaints – Discrimination ...

Appeal by CICPO from order of applications judge refusing to order Minister of Health to more stringently enforce Regulations imposing on suppliers of generic pharmaceuticals an obligation to supply the whole province dismissed

19. September 2017 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Appeals – Judicial review – Standard of review – Correctness – Remedies – Mandamus Council of Independent Community Pharmacy Owners Inc. v. Newfoundland and Labrador, [2017] N.J. No. 283, 2017 NLCA 45, Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court – Court of Appeal, July 25, 2017, B.G. Welsh, C.W. White and ...

Master’s finding that the plaintiff impliedly waived solicitor-client privilege by making his state of mind a central issue in his subsequent litigation upheld on appeal

19. September 2017 0
A master’s finding that the plaintiff impliedly waived solicitor-client privilege by making his state of mind a central issue in his subsequent litigation was upheld on appeal. Administrative Law – Decisions reviewed – College of Dental Surgeons – Discipline – Judicial review – Appeal – Standard of review – Correctness Stelmaschuk v. College of Dental ...