The court dismissed a motion to file a further amended claim because many proposed damages duplicated issues already within the EPA compensation process.
The Deputy Assessor dismissed the Bergens’ appeal against the CFIA’s elk compensation award, finding the Minister’s market-value valuation reasonable and denying costs.
Respondents are not entitled to compensation under the Land Registration Act because they suffered no legally compensable loss: the de facto boundary had long been the fence and predecessors acquired prescriptive rights; Respondents had actual knowledge of the boundary; the LRA excludes compensation for losses arising from discrepancies between registered descriptions and actual boundaries and imposes limitation constraints; consent orders effectuated the correct boundary so no loss occurred.
The appeal was dismissed because the Assessor found the compensation for destroyed cattle and sheep was reasonable and could not include quarantine or cleanup costs.
The court held that Family Compensation Act damages are limited to pecuniary loss, rejected a seatbelt-based contributory negligence defence, and awarded $41,000.
The Supreme Court of Canada restored a plaintiff’s verdict for a mine injury, holding the defendants negligent and rejecting contributory negligence based on ignored safety signals.