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Labour law 2023 BCSC 1550

Richmond Inn Hotel Ltd. v. Unite Here Local 40

The court refused to find contempt of an interim injunction restricting picket-line noise at Richmond airport hotels, holding the order was ambiguous and breach was not proven.

  • Picketing
  • Noise nuisance
  • Sound measurement
  • Contempt proceedings
  • Strictissimi juris
  • Union liability
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Property law 2014 BCSC 659

Brown v. Searle

The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an appeal from Small Claims Court, finding no palpable and overriding error in the trial judge’s findings or procedure.

  • Water diversion
  • Nuisance
  • Damages
  • Costs and legal fees
  • Standard of review
  • Procedural discretion
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Civil procedure 2009 BCSC 1132

Boggs v. Harrison

The court found the plaintiffs had sufficient reason to sue in Supreme Court and awarded them 50% of their costs on Scale B plus disbursements.

  • Nuisance
  • Injunction
  • Small claims jurisdiction
  • Discovery
  • Credibility
  • Costs
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Property law 2007 BCSC 1168

Gosse v. City of Terrace et al

The Court held a rear laneway remained a public highway and was not closed by municipal maintenance policy, ordering removal of a gate blocking access.

  • Highway/lane characterization
  • Public right-of-way
  • Municipal authority to close highways
  • Private nuisance
  • Mandatory injunction
  • Interpretation of community charter and land title act
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Contract 2005 BCSC 1476

Hadley v. Seacrest Apartments Ltd. et al.

Appeal from a Small Claims decision was dismissed. The court found no actionable nuisance, upheld the maintenance-rate change, and rejected the fiduciary-duty claims.

  • Nuisance
  • Breach of contract
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Special resolution
  • Articles of association
  • Maintenance assessments
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Municipal law (1895) 24 SCR 551

Lewis v. Alexander

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a drain built to drain property could lawfully function as a common sewer, and that permission to connect with it could exempt the householder from nuisance liability.

  • Definition of drain vs sewer
  • Liability for nuisance from sewerage
  • Municipal authority and annexation effects
  • Compliance with by-law permission requirements
  • Remedies against municipality
  • Municipal-law
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