Recent Decisions
§ Hill v. Herd, 2024 BCCA 797 – claims of negligence and nuisance dismissed against local government client
§ 667895 B.C. Ltd. v. Delta (City), 2024 BCSC 766 – defended challenge to local government decision opposing cancellation of road dedication (with co-counsel)
§ Anderson v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2024 BCCA 23 – with co-counsel successfully overturned unreasonable Regional District Board decision of censure
§ Zheng v. China Southern Airlines, 2023 BCSC 1763 – obtained wrongful dismissal claim with award of aggravated and punitive damages
§ Michetti v. Veach, 2023 BCCA 317 – successfully opposed appeal of challenge to municipal mayoral election
§ Michetti v. Veach, 2023 BCSC 43 – defended challenge to municipal mayoral election
§ Pinnacle Care Group Ltd. v. White Rock (City), 2022 BCSC 2272 – defended judicial review challenge to municipal resolution
§ Fraser Valley Regional District Animal Control Officer v. Carlson, 2022 BCPC 225 – successfully obtained order for humane euthanization of dangerous dog
§ Cooke v. Hope (District), 2022 BCSC 1653 – defended challenge to a municipal decision repealing heritage designation
§ Kaps v. City of Surrey, 2022 BCSC 1191 – successfully defended Charter and administrative law challenges to City bylaw regulating political signage
§ Pinnacle Care Group Ltd. v. White Rock (City), 2022 BCSC 1286 – successfully opposed interlocutory injunction pending judicial review of municipal resolution to proceed with upgrading City walkway
§ Gonzales Hill Preservation Society v Victoria (City) Board of Variance, 2021 BCSC 2091 – represented statutory decision-maker in judicial review of decision to vary zoning bylaw – successfully argued petition should be dismissed for lack of standing
§ Dupont v. Port Coquitlam (City), 2020 BCSC 1127 and 2021 BCSC 728 – successfully defended a petition for judicial review and an interlocutory injunction application arising from a municipal censure (with co-counsel)
§ Alberni-Clayoquot (Regional District) v. Berrow, 2020 BCSC 1676 – obtained a statutory injunction requiring compliance with local government Official Community Plan and building regulations
§ Steemson v. Burnaby Board of Variance, 2020 BCSC No. 22379, Van. Reg. - successfully defended a judicial review of a decision of the Burnaby Board of Variance
§ China Southern Airlines v. Xia, [2020] CLAD No. 63 – successfully prosecuted an unjust dismissal case in an employment context
§ McCallum v. Mooney, 2019 BCSC 1938 – had a decision of the Residential Tenancy Branch overturned as patently unreasonable by the Supreme Court
§ Lundquist v. Central Kootenay (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 1303 – successfully defended a constitutional challenge to and judicial review of the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act regime
§ Kalantzis v. East Kootenay (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 1001 – successfully defended a challenge to re-zoning and OCP amendment bylaws on judicial review
§ Yang v. Williams, 2019 BCSC 156 – had a certificate of pending litigation removed from title to clients’ property
§ Eccles v. Chilliwack, 2018 BCSC 1894 – defended a challenge to the validity of a municipal solid waste disposal bylaw on judicial review