British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) v. Figliola,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert
Citation2011 SCC 52,[2011] 3 SCR 422,[2011] EXP 3240,[2011] SJ No 52 (QL),[2011] CarswellBC 2702,[2011] 12 WWR 1,23 BCLR (5th) 1,DTE 2011T-707,421 NR 338,JE 2011-1805,337 DLR (4th) 413,[2011] SCJ No 52 (QL),25 Admin LR (5th) 173,95 CCEL (3d) 169,311 BCAC 1,EYB 2011-197334,[2011] EXPT 1935
Docket Number33648
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date27 October 2011

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    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 8, 2022
    ...1 S.C.R. 1659; R. v. Scott, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 979; British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola, 2011 SCC 52, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; Danyluk v. Ainsworth Technologies Inc., 2001 SCC 44, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 460; R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 631; R. v. Wigglesworth,......
  • Arabi v. Alberta et al.,
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    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 23, 2014
    ...(2011), 507 A.R. 275; 2011 ABQB 29, refd to. [para. 38]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Human Rights Tribunal (B.C.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; 421 N.R. 338; 311 B.C.A.C. 1; 529 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 52, refd to. [para. 39]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Figliola - see Workers......
  • Fearn v. Canada Customs,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 13, 2014
    ...[2005] 1 C.T.C. 448; 2004 ONCJ 356, refd to. [para. 10]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Human Rights Tribunal (B.C.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; 421 N.R. 338; 311 B.C.A.C. 1; 529 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 52, refd to. [para. 29]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Figliolo - see Workers......
  • Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks,
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 22, 2021
    ...42311; Qumsieh v. Brandon School Division, 2019 MBHR 3; British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola, 2011 SCC 52, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; Zulkoskey v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Social Development), 2016 FCA 268; Dick v. Pepsi Bottling Group (Canada), Co., 2014 CanLII 16......
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  • Chutskoff Estate v. Bonora et al., (2014) 590 A.R. 288 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen''s Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 16, 2013
    ...166; 506 W.A.C. 166; 2011 SKCA 10, refd to. [para. 95]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Human Rights Tribunal (B.C.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; 421 N.R. 338; 311 B.C.A.C. 1; 529 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 52, refd to. [para. R. v. Anderson (F.) (2014), 458 N.R. 1; 350 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 2......
  • Arabi v. Alberta et al.,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 23, 2014
    ...(2011), 507 A.R. 275; 2011 ABQB 29, refd to. [para. 38]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Human Rights Tribunal (B.C.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; 421 N.R. 338; 311 B.C.A.C. 1; 529 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 52, refd to. [para. 39]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Figliola - see Workers......
  • Fearn v. Canada Customs,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 13, 2014
    ...[2005] 1 C.T.C. 448; 2004 ONCJ 356, refd to. [para. 10]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Human Rights Tribunal (B.C.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; 421 N.R. 338; 311 B.C.A.C. 1; 529 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 52, refd to. [para. 29]. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.) v. Figliolo - see Workers......
  • Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 22, 2021
    ...42311; Qumsieh v. Brandon School Division, 2019 MBHR 3; British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola, 2011 SCC 52, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422; Zulkoskey v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Social Development), 2016 FCA 268; Dick v. Pepsi Bottling Group (Canada), Co., 2014 CanLII 16......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • When It Comes To Issue Estoppel, Discretion And Fairness Win
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 20, 2013
    ...the context of prior administrative proceedings articulated in British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) v Figliola, 2011 SCC 52, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422, which moved away from the approach in Danyluk that said a wider discretion should be applied to administrative tribunals than applied t......
  • Psychological Harassment: Reining In Duplication Of Proceedings
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 1, 2014
    ...Footnotes 1 Durocher c Commission des relations du travail, 2014 QCCS 237. 2 British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) v Figliola, [2011] 3 SCR 422. 3 Syndicat canadien des communications, de l'énergie et du papier-SCEP (Association canadienne des employés en télécommunications-ACET) c......
  • Professional Regulators Must Address Human Rights Issues: Burden Or Blessing?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 24, 2012
    ...with less appreciation of the public protection mandate. In British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) v. Figliola, 2011 SCC 52, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 422, the Supreme Court considered a challenge by workers who were dissatisfied with the lesser WCB benefits they received under the Workers' C......
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  • IDENTIFYING THE REVIEW STANDARD: ADMINISTRATIVE DEFERENCE IN A NUTSHELL.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 68, January 2017
    • January 1, 2017
    ...SCC 61, [2011] 3 SCR 654 [Alberta Teachers' Association], and British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) v Figliola, 2011 SCC 52, [2011] 3 SCR 422. (58) See Westcoast Energy Inc v Canada (National Energy Board), [1998] 1 SCR 322, 156 DLR (4th) 456; Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Boa......
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