A forestry company (“Irving”) was partly successful on appeal from a finding of the respondent, North Shore Forest Products Marketing Board (the “Board”), which had held that the various forest product marketing boards had the authority to regulate stumpage agreements

19. August 2014 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Marketing Boards – Natural resources – Forestry – Stumpage fees – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Bias – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter J.D. Irving Ltd. v. North Shore Forest Products Marketing Board, [2014] N.B.J. No. 162, 2014 NBCA 42, New Brunswick Court of ...

The applicant successfully sought leave to appeal an order of a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissing its appeal from an order of the Forest Appeals Commission

Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Forest Appeals Commission – Natural resources – Forestry – Stumpage fees – Judicial review – Appeals – Leave to appeal – Test – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation British Columbia v. Canadian National Railway, [2013] B.C.J. No. 802, 2013 BCCA 185, British Columbia Court of Appeal, ...

The Appellant, Western Forest Products, successfully appealed a decision made by a chambers judge holding that in assessing stumpage to be paid to the province, it is not appropriate to rely on averages rather than actual amounts

22. September 2009 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Forest Appeals Commission – Natural resources – Forestry – Stumpage fees – Judicial review – Witnesses – Evidence – Admissibility – Standard of review – Reasonableness simpliciter British Columbia (Minister of Forests and Range) v. Forest Appeals Commission, [2009] B.C.J. No. 1616, 2009 BCCA 354, B.C. Court ...