Kids in Trees
Paquette v. School District No. 36 (Surrey), 2014 BCSC 205 deals with a child climbing onto and falling off of a school building roof. So every adult knows that kids will climb up roofs an every child knows that they…
Be Careful Drafting Civil Claim Response
Royal Bank of Canada v. Roberts, allows that a general denial in a response to a civil claim may be insufficient to maintain the response on a dismissal application.
Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors
B.C./Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors v. Abbotsford (City), sees the City of Abbotsford having to continue dealing with the Jubilee Park homelessness issue. The Association's claim was not dismissed.
No Pipeline Injunction for Burnaby
Burnaby (City) v. Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, concerns some of the machinations underlying the Burnaby pipeline project. In this particular case the City of Burnaby applied to the Courts, outside of the National Energy Board process already underway, for an…
BC Architects and Engineers Do Get Builder’s Liens
Stanley Paulus Architect Inc. v. Windhill Holdings Ltd., deals with issue of Architects, Engineers and builder's liens. Bottom line is that Architects and Engineers do get builder's liens as long as something was built. If the project doesn't at least…