Client Bulletins 2014
November 2014
2014
Mandatory Land Title Document Electronic Filing for Local Governments
December 31, 2014 is the last day that local governments with populations of 5,000 or more are permitted to register land title documents...
October 2014
2014
Elections
With the upcoming local government elections, our lawyers are available to assist you with your election related questions. We have been...
September 2014
2014
OIPC requires public bodies to disclose non-responsive information
Two recent decisions of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner have called into question the practice of many public...
July 2014
2014
Court of Appeal resolves density conundrum
In the first Court of Appeal decision to address the question of what is “density” for the purpose of interpreting a restriction on the...
June 2014
2014
Court Of Appeal Confirms That Municipal Councillors Are Officers For The Purposes of FIPPA
In May, 2011, the Provincial Court found that a Prince George Councillor was guilty of breaching section 30.4 of the Freedom of...
March 2014
2014
Bill 17 Revises Ministerial Approval Requirements
On March 10, 2014, Bill 17, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, was introduced in the Legislature by the Attorney General and...
2014
New Medical Marihuana Regulations Delayed by Court Injunction
On the afternoon of Sunday, March 16, 2014 a large area in the north Langley Township neighbourhood of Walnut Grove was in lockdown as...
2014
Land Use Contracts: Endgame Begins
The provincial government has tabled in Bill 17, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, amendments to the Local Government Act...