Canada Case Law

Marklinger v. British Columbia

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Trail is a recreational trail (LOD-1) under the OLA and WDTAC; defendant assessor's March 2018 visual inspection was reasonable under WDTAC and the assessor legitimately concluded the Incident Tree was not a danger (leaning away); absence of contemporaneous documentation of a tree assessed as non-dangerous does not constitute reckless disregard under s.3(3)(b) OLA; core-policy immunity bars challenges to resource allocation but does not shield operational failures; on balance plaintiffs did not prove defendants acted with reckless disregard, therefore defendants not liable.

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• Reckless disregard
• Duty of care
• Danger tree assessment
• Wdtac implementation
• Core policy immunity
• Record keeping/documentation

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Neal v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court certified an Indigenous child welfare class action alleging systemic negligence, Charter breaches, fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment, and rejected certification-stage immunity bars.

• Millennium scoop
• Jordan's principle
• Section 7 charter
• Section 15 charter
• Systemic negligence
• Certification under cpa

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Saloojee v. Gibsons (Town)

Court

British Columbia Court of Appeal

La Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique rejette l’appel dans une affaire de responsabilité civile liée à un arbre dangereux dans un parc municipal.

• Standard of care
• Causation
• Expert admissibility and dual role of witnesses
• Core policy immunity
• Danger tree assessment (wdtac)
• Standard-of-care

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Nelson (City) v. Marchi

Court

Supreme Court of Canada

La Cour suprême a conclu qu’une municipalité peut devoir diligence pour le déneigement opérationnel; la décision contestée n’était pas une politique centrale immunisée.

• Duty of care
• Core policy immunity
• Anns/cooper duty framework
• Public authority negligence
• Standard of care
• Causation

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