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North Vancouver 1400 Bewicke Block OCP Amendment

by Admin / On June 27, 2008 / In Municipal Law

The OCP and Zoning Bylaw Amendment for the 1400 Block of Bewicke Avenue in the City of North Vancouver were recently amended. The change seemed to be contentious and raised at least a few eyebrows. Anyone interested in reviewing those…

IMLA Blog

by Johannes Schenk / On May 9, 2008 / In Municipal Law

Check out the IMLA Blog.

Dunsmuir Affects the Administrative Tribunals Act

by Johannes Schenk / On April 25, 2008 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Municipal Law

The ATA dictates procedure and standards of review for many BC tribunals. Interesting question is how the Dunsmuir case affects statutorily prescribed standards of review. Now you have your answer in, Howe v. 3770010 Canada Inc., 2008 BCSC 330. The…

Search and Seizure: Sniffer Dogs

by Johannes Schenk / On April 25, 2008 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Municipal Law

The Supreme Court of Canada released two important decisions concerning search and seizure using sniffer dogs that will no doubt affect the way employers can search employee property and "private spaces" such as bags, knapsacks, locker spaces, change rooms, cars…

Goodbye Patently Unreasonable?

by Johannes Schenk / On April 11, 2008 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Municipal Law, Professional Discipline

One of the great challenges in administrative law has been determining how far the Court that you are in should go in reviewing a tribunal's decision. The spectrum of review ranges (used to) from correctness to reasonableness simpliciter to patentely…

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