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Indigenous law 2026 BCSC 18

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)

The court quashed approval of a forest licence transfer after finding the Province failed to conduct meaningful deep consultation with Gitanyow or seriously consider accommodation.

  • Duty to consult
  • Licence transfer approval
  • Accommodation
  • Aboriginal title
  • Reconciliation agreements
  • Duty-to-consult
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Corporate insolvency 2025 BCSC 861

Teal-Jones Group (Re)

The court approved a CCAA transaction for Teal-Jones' forest licence, holding it did not effect an immediate disposition requiring ministerial approval and that the SISP was fair.

  • Ccaa sale approval
  • Duty to consult
  • Ministerial approval under forest act
  • Sisp fairness and competitive process
  • Tenure management and transfer
  • Ccaa-sale-approval
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Administrative law 2024 BCCA 303

Tolko Industries v. British Columbia

The Court of Appeal held Tolko was exempt from BC’s wildfire cost recovery order because “fire” in s. 29 meant the wildfire, not the permitted debris-pile burn.

  • Cost recovery for wildfire control
  • Wildfire act s.29 exemption
  • Willful causation
  • Timber harvesting and silviculture definitions
  • Use of extrinsic evidence
  • Standard of review for questions of law
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Aboriginal law 2024 BCSC 1582

West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)

The court dismissed West Moberly First Nations’ request for an interlocutory injunction to stop logging under permit VJ8, finding the balance of convenience favoured Canfor and the Province.

  • Duty to consult
  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Cumulative effects assessment
  • Treaty rights (s.35)
  • Cutting permits and resource authorizations
  • Duty-to-consult
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Administrative law 2024 BCSC 1015

Whalen v. British Columbia

The Court allowed Eldon Whalen’s appeal from a Forest Appeals Commission decision, found errors in the mistake of fact analysis, and remitted the matter for a new hearing.

  • Statutory appeal
  • Judicial review
  • Due diligence defence
  • Mistake of fact defence
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Remittal
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Forestry law 2023 BCSC 550

Skeena Sawmills Ltd. v. Terrace Timber Ltd.

The Court held that Terrace’s liens and contractor charges were invalid because Skeena had not defaulted on any amount payable under the disputed rates or snow removal invoices.

  • Lien
  • Contractor charge
  • Rate determination
  • Termination
  • Default
  • Binding third‑party determination
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Administrative law 2023 BCCA 80

Petrell v. British Columbia (Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development)

The Court of Appeal dismissed Dr. Petrell’s appeal, holding that she had to pursue the Forest Practices Board complaint process first because it was an adequate alternative remedy.

  • Adequate alternative remedy
  • Exhaustion of statutory review
  • Forest practices board
  • Gate authorizations
  • Procedural fairness
  • Prematurity
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Administrative law 2022 BCSC 2097

British Columbia v. Tolko Industries Inc.

The court allowed British Columbia’s appeal, held the Forest Appeals Commission erred in interpreting s. 29 of the Wildfire Regulation, and reinstated the cost recovery order against Tolko.

  • Cost recovery
  • Wildfire regulation
  • Delegated decision maker
  • Due diligence
  • Forest fire suppression costs
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Professional negligence 2018 BCSC 2308

Stratus Contracting Ltd. v. Zimmerman

The court dismissed Stratus Contracting Ltd.’s solicitor-negligence and breach of contract claims against its former lawyer and law firm.

  • Solicitor negligence
  • Rate review clause (prospective v retroactive)
  • Causation ('but for' test)
  • Damages (loss of opportunity)
  • Contract drafting and implied terms
  • Solicitor-negligence
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Administrative law 2018 BCSC 1850

Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. British Columbia

The court dismissed a pre-trial application to strike the Haida Gwaii Management Council, holding the record did not clearly show it lacked capacity to be sued.

  • Capacity to sue
  • Standing vs capacity
  • Allowable annual cut (aac)
  • Statutory bodies
  • Duty of honesty and good faith
  • Vicarious liability
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