Administrative law – Municipalities – By-laws – Condominiums – Strata corporations – Judicial review – Legislative compliance – Jurisdictional questions – Ultra vires legislation – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Appeals V.I.T. Estates Ltd. v. New Westminster (City), [2023] B.C.J. No. 799, 2023 BCCA 183, British Columbia Court of Appeal, May 1, 2023, H. ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Civil Resolution Tribunal – Condominiums – Strata corporations – Judicial review – Legislative compliance – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness Williams v. British Columbia (Civil Resolution Tribunal), [2023] B.C.J. No. 293, 2023 BCSC 239, British Columbia Supreme Court, February 17, 2023, J. Hughes ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Civil Resolution Tribunal – Condominiums – Strata corporations – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness – Appeals Downing v. Strata Plan VR2356, [2023] B.C.J. No. 357, 2023 BCCA 100, British Columbia Court of Appeal, March 1, 2023, P.M. Willcock, J. DeWitt-Van ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Civil Resolution Tribunal – Condominiums – Strata corporations – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness Downing v. Strata Plan, [2022] B.C.J. No. 640, 2022 BCSC 590, British Columbia Supreme Court, April 12, 2022, L.A. Warren J. The petitioner was an owner ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Condominium Authority – Strata corporations – Jurisdiction of court – Judicial review – Applications – Premature – Jurisdiction – Alternative remedies Peel Standard Condominium Corp. No. 779 v. Rahman, [2021] O.J. No. 6105, 2021 ONSC 7113, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, October 28, 2021, F.B. Fitzpatrick, S.T. Bale and ...
On judicial review, the court concluded that the standard of correctness applied to decisions of the Civil Resolution Tribunal. It held that “specialized expertise”, as used in the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, was not tantamount to “exclusive jurisdiction”, as used in section 58 of the Administrative Tribunals Act. On this basis, although the court recognized ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Civil Resolution Tribunal – Judicial review – Appeals – Legislative compliance – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Condominiums – Strata corporations – Jurisdiction of court Strata Plan NW 2575 v. Booth, [2020] B.C.J. No. 865, 2020 BCCA 153, British Columbia Court of Appeal, May 28, 2020, M.V. Newbury, ...
B.C. Supreme Court upholds decision of the Civil Resolution Tribunal that the Bylaws of a Strata Corporation can narrow the Strata’s ability to sue an owner pursuant to section 158(2) of the Strata Property Act. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Civil Resolution Tribunal – Condominiums – Strata corporations – By-laws – Judicial review – ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Civil Resolution Tribunal – Right to legal counsel – Judicial review – Stay of proceedings – Remedies – Interlocutory injunctions – Condominiums – Strata corporations Strata Plan NW 2575 v. Booth, [2018] BCJ No 811, 2018 BCSC 715, British Columbia Supreme Court, May 3, 2018, DeWitt-Van Oosten J. A ...
Absent specific statutory authorization, the B.C. Court of Appeal held that a court may not order that an administrator can exercise powers without approval by a resolution passed by a majority vote pursuant to section 174(7) Strata Property Act (the “Act”), as this would abrogate the democratic rights of owners under the Act. Administrative law ...