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Contract law 2010 BCSC 150

Copcan Contracting Ltd. v. Ashlaur Trading Inc.

The court held the logging contract was hourly and cost-plus 10%, not capped at $40 per cubic metre or 70 days, and awarded Copcan $770,915.97.

  • Implied terms
  • Rate sheet interpretation
  • Cost-plus contracts
  • Volume-based pricing
  • Quantum meruit
  • Overbilling and accounting disputes
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Administrative law 2009 BCSC 902

Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests and Range)

The court refused to reopen a judicial review hearing after earlier quashing a telewarrant and seizure, finding no probable miscarriage of justice and no practical return to the status quo.

  • Judicial review
  • Telewarrant/authorization to detain
  • Seizure and return of property
  • Full and frank disclosure to issuing justice
  • Admission and weight of expert evidence
  • Reopening hearings
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Aboriginal law 2008 BCSC 1642

Klahoose First Nation v. Sunshine Coast Forest District (District Manager)

The court held that the Crown failed to adequately consult and accommodate the Klahoose First Nation before approving a forest stewardship plan in its traditional territory.

  • Duty to consult and accommodate
  • Forest stewardship plan approval
  • Tree farm licence implementation
  • Judicial review remedies
  • Standard of review
  • Duty-to-consult
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Administrative law 2007 BCCA 418

Western Forest Products Limited v. HMTQ

Leave to appeal was granted in a forestry appraisal dispute involving the standard of review, interpretation of the Coast Appraisal Manual, and the role of policy evidence.

  • Standard of review
  • Policy interpretation
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Appraisal log dump
  • Stumpage assessment
  • Standard-of-review
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Administrative law 1999 BCCA 206

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)

The Court of Appeal dismissed Canfor’s appeal as moot, finding no live controversy and declining to decide issues about the Forest Act or assignment of rights.

  • Mootness
  • Statutory interpretation of forest act s.142 (now s.131)
  • Assignment of rights under law and equity act s.30
  • Procedural fairness
  • Jurisdiction
  • Judicial-review
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