Canada - June 26 2014
More than 41 years ago, a six-member panel of the Supreme Court of Canada held in Calder v. BC that the concept of Aboriginal title exists under…
Joan M. Young
Canada - April 15 2014
On April 3, 2014, the BC Supreme Court issued its decision in the judicial review of a Master Development Agreement between the provincial Minister…
Canada - March 21 2014
As the recent media attention in BC highlights, new obligations arising under the BC Recycling Regulation (the “Regulation”) may soon significantly…
Annik Forristal
Canada - December 12 2013
On December 9, 2013, the BC Supreme Court issued a ruling quashing the decision of provincial ministers to refuse an environmental assessment…
Canada - September 28 2013
On September 26, 2013 the BC Court of Appeal rendered its decision in Louis v British Columbia (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources)…