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Family law 2025 BCSC 2510

Palm v. Macdonald

The court granted the claimant interim ownership and possession of Charlie, a golden retriever, after weighing Family Law Act factors and rejecting the respondent’s unilateral removal.

  • Companion animal possession
  • Interpretation of family law act s.97(4.1)
  • Interim relief
  • Costs
  • Allegations of family violence
  • Ownership of family property
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Municipal bylaw 2022 BCSC 841

R. v. Sisett

The appeal was allowed and the conviction set aside. The court found the dog met the bylaw definition of dangerous dog, but not that the appellant caused or permitted it to become dangerous.

  • Dangerous dog
  • Strict liability
  • Due diligence
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review
  • Procedural-fairness
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Administrative law 2021 BCSC 284

Dhanji v. The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 2472

The court set aside a CRT decision after finding the member decided an unargued issue about whether strata bylaws prohibited short-term accommodations, contrary to fairness.

  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review
  • Natural justice
  • Strata bylaws interpretation
  • Short-term rentals/short-term accommodations
  • Judicial-review
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Municipal bylaw 2011 BCSC 1598

Vancouver (City) v. Mike Safronick Tree Care Ltd.

The court allowed the City’s appeal from acquittals under a tree by-law, set aside the acquittals, and ordered a new trial after finding an error of law in the trial reasons.

  • Tree removal permits
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Emergency removal exemption (s.23)
  • Adequacy of reasons on appeal
  • Tree-removal-permits
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Tort 2003 BCSC 151

Fitzgerald v. Tin

The court found the plaintiff was punctured by a needle in a taxi, held the driver and cab company breached their inspection duties, and awarded $15,000.

  • Duty of care
  • Negligence
  • Inspection procedures
  • Damages - non-pecuniary
  • Hiv exposure anxiety
  • Causation
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