The next time Vancouver’s Fire Chief seeks to remove the shelters the occupants of Hastings Block erect, procedural fairness demands that notice of this plan and an opportunity for the occupants to provide submissions to the Fire Chief must be provided

30. January 2024 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Municipal boards –  Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Mootness – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Municipalities – By-laws – Fire inspectors – Human rights – Charter of Rights and Freedoms Vandenberg v. Vancouver (City) Fire and Rescue Services, [2023] B.C.J. No. 2309, 2023 BCSC 2104, ...

The appeal of a nursing home (“Grass Home”) from the decision of a fire marshal affirming an order of a fire inspector requiring the removal of locks was allowed where the Court found the fire marshal’s decision was reasonable but void due to an apprehension of bias

23. February 2010 0
Administrative law – Municipalities – Fire inspectors – Orders – Judicial review – Decisions reviewed – Fire inspectors – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Bias – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter Grass Home Ltd. v. New Brunswick (Provincial Fire Marshall), [2009] N.B.J. No. 381, New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench, September ...