Archive 2012
December 2012
2012
2012 BC Building Code Takes Effect December 20th
The Province’s new Building and Plumbing Code comes into effect December 20, 2012. The new BC Building Code introduces hundreds of...
November 2012
2012
Court Declares Toronto Shark Fin Soup Bylaw Invalid
In Reasons for Judgment released today, the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice declared the Toronto Shark Fin Soup Bylaw to be invalid as...
2012
North Cowichan Succeeds Before British Columbia Court of Appeal
On November 22, 2012 the District of North Cowichan was cleared by the British Columbia Court of Appeal to supply groundwater to the...
October 2012
2012
New Limitation Act in force June 1, 2013
Today, the Ministry of Justice announced that the new Limitation Act will take effect on June 1, 2013. The new Act attempts to simply the...
September 2012
2012
Local Government has no “duty to consult” First Nations
Today, our B.C. Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that a local government does not have a duty to consult First Nations as if it were the...
2012
Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Conference
Ray Young and Alyssa Bradley will be speaking in March at the 22nd annual Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Conference at the Sturm Law...
August 2012
2012
Local Government Duty to Consult - Case Reserved
On August 15, 2012, our British Columbia Court of Appeal reserved its decision in Neskonlith Indian Band v. City of Salmon Arm. This appeal...
2012
Province Succeeds in Adams Lake Indian Band Appeal
The Province of British Columbia has succeeded in its appeal of the March 2011 B.C. Supreme Court decision where it was found to have not...
2012
Neskonlith Appeal to be Heard August 14 and 15
Reece Harding and Gregg Cockrill are preparing to argue the appeal in Neskonlith Indian Band v. City of Salmon Arm on August 14 and 15 in...
July 2012
2012
Court of Appeal Clarifies: No Private Law Duty of Care Owed to Applicants in Council Meetings
On July 25, 2012, the BC Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in P.S.D. Enterprises Ltd. v. New Westminster (City), 2012 BCCA 319....
2012
911 Cost Recovery "Fee" is Unauthorized Tax
In judgment made on July 10, 2012, the BC Supreme Court quashed a City of Nanaimo bylaw because a "fee" under the bylaw was found to be a...
2012
Councillor's Breach of Privacy Conviction Upheld
On July 25, 2012, the British Columbia Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Brian Skakun, a City of Prince George Councillor, for...
March 2012
2012
National Conference of the Canadian Institute of Planners
Alyssa Bradley and Ray Young are teaming up with Julian Juergensmeyer, Professor of Law, Georgia State University, to present at the...
January 2012
2012
Supreme Court of Canada - Catalyst Paper v. District of North Cowichan - Reasons
The Reasons for Judgment in Catalyst Paper Corporation v. Corporation of the District of North Cowichan, heard in the Supreme Court of...