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Wildlife regulation 2025 BCSC 2491

R. v. Massey

Appeal from a Wildlife Act conviction was allowed in part after the court found the trial judge misread the regulatory definition of full curl sheep.

  • Definition of 'full curl thinhorn ram mountain sheep'
  • Alternative tests (age test v horn curl test)
  • Burden of proof
  • S.107 certificates
  • Appellate review and standards of review
  • Due diligence defence
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Administrative law 2007 BCSC 17

Palomino's v. British Columbia (Liquor Control and Licensing Branch)

The court found legal errors in the adjudicator’s due diligence analysis and the interpretation of liquor ID rules, and remitted the matter for rehearing.

  • Judicial review
  • Due diligence defence
  • Strict liability
  • Statutory interpretation (regulation s.45)
  • Prosecutorial discretion
  • Penalty assessment
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Charter/constitutional law 2003 BCSC 840

R. v. Sperling

The court dismissed an appeal from the denial of a stay for delay in a Motor Vehicle Act speeding case, finding no proven prejudice from the 16-month delay.

  • S.11(b) charter — unreasonable delay
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Prejudice assessment
  • Institutional delay
  • Motor vehicle act s.146(1) excessive speeding
  • Unreasonable-delay
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Constitutional law [1979] 2 SCR 529

R. v. Thomas Equipment Ltd.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that Alberta’s Farm Implement Act applied to a New Brunswick manufacturer selling farm equipment for resale in Alberta and restored the conviction.

  • Extra‑territorial application of provincial law
  • Vendor‑dealer regulatory scheme
  • Statutory override of contractual terms
  • Proper law of contract
  • Registration of extra‑provincial companies
  • Provincial-regulation
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