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Torts 2025 BCCA 319

LeBourdais v. British Columbia (Public Guardian and Trustee)

Court
British Columbia Court of Appeal

La Cour d’appel a accueilli l’appel d’une décision sommaire en négligence et nuisance liée à un ponceau sur Cherry Creek, jugeant qu’une erreur de fait sur la preuve d’expert exigeait un nouveau procès.

  • Negligence
  • Nuisance
  • Statutory liability under water act/water sustainability act
  • Causation
  • Expert evidence
  • Standard of review (palpable and overriding error)
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Tort 2005 BCCA 88

Roy v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

Court
British Columbia Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal held that police operational policy alone did not establish the legal standard of care for detaining an intoxicated person and allowed the appeal.

  • Duty of care to persons in custody
  • Standard of care for police officers
  • Causation in negligence
  • Contributory negligence
  • Vicarious liability (police act)
  • Operational police policy and evidentiary weight
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