In this case, the Supreme Court of Canada considered the distinction between arbitrators and courts with respect to awarding interest

26. November 2013 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Arbitration Board – Jurisdiction – Natural resources – Forestry – Timber licences – Government – Expropriation – Interest – Compound vs. simple interest – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Interpretation British Columbia (Forests) v. Teal Cedar Products Ltd., [2013] S.C.J. No. 51, 2013 SCC 51, Supreme ...

The Petitioner company unsuccessfully brought a petition for judicial review in respect of the Respondents’ position of penalties regarding the Petitioner’s timber harvesting

26. October 2010 0
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Ministerial orders – Penalties – Natural resources – Forestry – Timber licences – Hearings – Right to hearing – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Powers under legislation – Natural justice 656632 British Columbia Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests and Range), [2010] B.C.J. No. ...

The application by Western Forest Products (“WFP”) and the Association of British Columbia Landowners for judicial review of a series of bylaws adopted by the Capital Regional District (“CRD”) was allowed where the court found that the voting on the bylaws did not take place in accordance with the Local Government Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 323 (the “Act”) and, consequently, the bylaws were illegal

24. February 2009 0
Administrative law – Natural resources – Timber licences – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Ministerial – Regional Districts – Municipalities – Planning and zoning – Change of by-laws – Validity – Voting procedures – Cost sharing – Definition – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Standard of review – Correctness Western Forest Products Inc. ...

Western Forest Products Inc. (“Western”) successfully appealed from a decision of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (“Sunshine”) acting as the Local Board of Health (“LBH”) whereby Western was required to stop certain forestry activities on the basis that LBH had reason to believe that the forestry activities resulted in a health hazard

27. November 2007 0
Administrative Law – Natural resources – Forestry – Timber licences – Environmental issues – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter Western Forest Products Inc. v. Sunshine Coast (Regional District), [2007] B.C.J. No. 2204, British Columbia Supreme Court, October 9, 2007, G.B. Butler J Western sought to ...