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Administrative law 2025 BCSC 661

Weeks v. Abbotsford (City)

The court struck claims against the Police Complaint Commissioner under the Police Act immunity provision, finding no pleaded material facts of bad faith, but granted leave to amend.

  • Statutory immunity
  • Qualified immunity
  • Bad faith
  • Judicial review
  • Class proceedings
  • Declaratory relief
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Competition law 2023 FC 1046

JOHN PAUL INGARRA, KYLE PINNELL, PAUL TANTALO and 5046013 ONTARIO INC. v DYE & DURHAM LIMITED, OMERS INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT INC., and DOPROCESS LP

The Federal Court dismissed a motion to remove plaintiffs’ counsel in a proposed competition class action, finding no proven conflict or misuse risk.

  • Conflict of interest
  • Disqualification of counsel
  • Class proceedings
  • Abuse of dominance
  • Price‑fixing (s.45)
  • Conflict-of-interest
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Civil 2019 ONCA 71

McDowell v. Fortress Real Capital Inc.

The Court of Appeal upheld the motion judge’s dismissal of personal claims against Rathore and Petrozza because the pleadings failed to allege tortious conduct or a separate identity justificatory of personal liability; however the court set aside the orders dismissing claims against Empire Pace and Adi because the application of the sealed contract rule and the effect and disclosure of standstill provisions raise mixed fact-law issues requiring evidence and cannot be resolved as plainly hopeless on a r.21 motion.

  • Sealed contract rule
  • Standstill provisions
  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Directors' personal liability
  • Class proceedings
  • Rule 21 striking pleadings
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Patent law 2017 FC 826

Seedling Life Science Ventures LLC v. Pfizer Canada Inc.

Le tribunal a rejeté la demande d’approbation préalable d’un accord de financement de litige privé, concluant qu’il n’avait pas compétence pour le faire hors contexte de recours collectifs.

  • Litigation funding
  • Champerty and maintenance
  • Implied undertaking
  • Jurisdiction
  • Class proceedings
  • Litigation-funding
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Aboriginal law 2013 FC 546

Gottfriedson v Canada

The Federal Court dismissed Canada’s motion to stay a class action, holding it had jurisdiction over proposed third-party contribution and indemnity claims against religious orders.

  • Indemnity and contribution
  • Jurisdiction of federal court
  • Class proceedings
  • Indian residential schools
  • Crown fiduciary duty
  • Federal common law of contributory negligence
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Civil 2011 ONCA 772

Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company

Because the appellants achieved substantial but not total success and did not seek costs, and given the circumstances of the appeal, the Court exercised its discretion not to award costs to either party and ordered no costs.

  • Class proceedings
  • Costs entitlement
  • Appeal procedure
  • Insurance company litigation
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Constitutional law 2011 BCSC 628

L.D. (Guardian ad litem of) v. Provincial Health Services Authority

The court dismissed most claims over newborn blood spot retention, holding consent to testing was not vitiated by nondisclosure of storage. A narrow research-use issue remained.

  • Charter s.8 search and seizure
  • Informed consent to medical procedures
  • Negligent misrepresentation
  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Medical records retention and research use
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Commercial law 2011 SCC 23

Sharbern Holding Inc. v. Vancouver Airport Centre Ltd.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that VAC was not liable for nondisclosure of hotel compensation differences, negligent misrepresentation, or breach of fiduciary duty.

  • Misrepresentation
  • Materiality of disclosure
  • Negligent misrepresentation
  • Fiduciary duty and conflicts of interest
  • Statutory defence (s.75 real estate act)
  • Deemed reliance rebuttal
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Tort 2010 BCCA 113

Susan Heyes Inc. v. South Coast B.C. Transportation Society

The court dismissed an application to vary a chambers order refusing intervenor status in a Canada Line nuisance appeal, finding no direct interest or distinct perspective.

  • Nuisance
  • Statutory authority defence
  • Intervenor status
  • Res judicata
  • Class proceedings
  • Environmental assessment
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Commercial law 2007 SCC 44

Kerr v. Danier Leather Inc.

La Cour suprême a rejeté l’appel dans une affaire de prospectus et de divulgation continue, concluant qu’aucun « material change » n’obligeait une mise à jour avant la clôture.

  • Prospectus misrepresentation
  • Continuous disclosure
  • Material change vs material fact
  • Forecasting and implied representations
  • Business judgment rule
  • Class proceedings
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