The Britsh Columbia WCB recently had dealt with issue of prime contractor status of the City of Surrey on a road excavation project. The matter concerned an excavation collapse fatality. The case is discussed in Canadian Occupational Health and Safety…

The City of Vancouver was heavily penalzed for witholding documents from the plaintiff during the trial process in Williams v. Vancouver (City of), 2005 BCSC 1900. The matter was heard in front of a jury. The documents in question were…