Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District)

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeYoung
Citation2019 BCSC 362
Docket NumberS84936
Date14 March 2019

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4 practice notes
  • 0733603 B.C. Ltd v. City of Vancouver
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 3, 2022
    ...not authorized by the Vancouver Charter, they are ultra vires the City and must be set aside: Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 at para. 22 [Benoit]. . [21]       Municipal authority to enact bylaws is governed by the basic principles of s......
  • Latifi v The TDL Group Corporation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 6, 2024
    ...and the significance of a decision extends beyond the immediate interests of the parties: Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 at para. 121. Even where a party was not a public interest litigant, where the court interprets for the first-time environmental legislation, it ......
  • G.S.R. Capital Group Inc. v. White Rock (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 23, 2020
    ...49–50. [8]            G.S.R. relies on Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 at para. 119, and Palmer at paras. 9 and 11–15, for the relevant factors as being: a)    whether the importance of the issues ......
  • 1193652 B.C. Ltd. v. New Westminster (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 11, 2020
    ...standing to bring the petition for judicial review as “a person interested in the bylaw”: Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 [Benoit] at para. Standard of Review [30] I accept the shared view of the parties that the standard of review to be applied to the vires issue is......
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  • 0733603 B.C. Ltd v. City of Vancouver
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 3, 2022
    ...not authorized by the Vancouver Charter, they are ultra vires the City and must be set aside: Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 at para. 22 [Benoit]. . [21]       Municipal authority to enact bylaws is governed by the basic principles of s......
  • Latifi v The TDL Group Corporation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 6, 2024
    ...and the significance of a decision extends beyond the immediate interests of the parties: Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 at para. 121. Even where a party was not a public interest litigant, where the court interprets for the first-time environmental legislation, it ......
  • G.S.R. Capital Group Inc. v. White Rock (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 23, 2020
    ...49–50. [8]            G.S.R. relies on Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 at para. 119, and Palmer at paras. 9 and 11–15, for the relevant factors as being: a)    whether the importance of the issues ......
  • 1193652 B.C. Ltd. v. New Westminster (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 11, 2020
    ...standing to bring the petition for judicial review as “a person interested in the bylaw”: Benoit v. Strathcona (Regional District), 2019 BCSC 362 [Benoit] at para. Standard of Review [30] I accept the shared view of the parties that the standard of review to be applied to the vires issue is......