Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeWinteringham
Citation2018 BCSC 2084
Docket NumberS090663
Date23 November 2018

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6 practice notes
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...para 118, appeal allowed in part on the substantive issue 2021 MBCA 85. 213 Cambie Surgeries Corp v British Columbia (Attorney General) , 2018 BCSC 2084 at paras 123–24, appeal dismissed 2019 BCCA 29. See also Bacon v British Columbia (Minister of Finance) , 2020 BCSC 578 at paras 103–4, af......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...BCCA 396 .................................................... 293, 342, 344 Cambie Surgeries Corp v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084, appeal dismissed 2019 BCCA 29 .................................... 138 Cambie Surgeries Corp v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2020 B......
  • Egale Canada v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • June 27, 2025
    ...life-threatening, psychological harm. 201 The Applicants rely on Cambie Surgeries Corporation v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084 at paras 169–170, leave to appeal to BCCA refused, 2019 BCCA 29 as authority for the proposition that delayed access to health care constitutes......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • January 24, 2019
    ...of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, dated November 23, 2018 (Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084, Vancouver Docket Counsel for the Appellant: J.G. Penner J.D. Hughes Counsel for the Respondents: P.A. Gall, Q.C. Place and Date of Hearing:......
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  • Egale Canada v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • June 27, 2025
    ...life-threatening, psychological harm. 201 The Applicants rely on Cambie Surgeries Corporation v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084 at paras 169–170, leave to appeal to BCCA refused, 2019 BCCA 29 as authority for the proposition that delayed access to health care constitutes......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • January 24, 2019
    ...of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, dated November 23, 2018 (Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084, Vancouver Docket Counsel for the Appellant: J.G. Penner J.D. Hughes Counsel for the Respondents: P.A. Gall, Q.C. Place and Date of Hearing:......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • December 8, 2020
    ...17, 18 and 45 of the MPA until June 1, 2019 in reasons indexed as Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084 [Trial [44] Justice Winteringham addressed many of the issues that have been raised before me. For example, in assessing the “serious issue t......
  • Jeana Ventures Ltd. v. Garrow
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • April 1, 2021
    ...record." [41]        In Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084 at paragraphs 44 to 45, Madam Justice Winteringham described the approach that a chambers judge should take in assessing evidence during an inj......
2 books & journal articles
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...para 118, appeal allowed in part on the substantive issue 2021 MBCA 85. 213 Cambie Surgeries Corp v British Columbia (Attorney General) , 2018 BCSC 2084 at paras 123–24, appeal dismissed 2019 BCCA 29. See also Bacon v British Columbia (Minister of Finance) , 2020 BCSC 578 at paras 103–4, af......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...BCCA 396 .................................................... 293, 342, 344 Cambie Surgeries Corp v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 2084, appeal dismissed 2019 BCCA 29 .................................... 138 Cambie Surgeries Corp v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2020 B......