Gleneagles Concerned Parents Committee Society v. British Columbia Ferry Corp. et al., 2001 BCSC 512

• Judge: Chamberlist, J.
• Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
• Case Date: April 04, 2001
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2001 BCSC 512;[2001] B.C.T.C. 512 (SC)

Concerned Parents v. Ferry Corp., [2001] B.C.T.C. 512 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2001] B.C.T.C. TBEd. AP.085

Gleneagles Concerned Parents Committee Society (plaintiff) v. British Columbia Ferry Corporation (defendant) and District of West Vancouver School District No. 48 (West Vancouver) (interveners)

(S010601; 2001 BCSC 512)

Indexed As: Gleneagles Concerned Parents Committee Society v. British Columbia Ferry Corp. et al.

British Columbia Supreme Court

Vancouver

Chamberlist, J.

April 4, 2001.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Courts - Topic 2004

Jurisdiction - General principles - Inherent jurisdiction (incl. parens patriae jurisdiction) - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Infants - Topic 6044

Legal proceedings - Jurisdiction - Common law or inherent jurisdiction of courts (parens patriae) - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Injunctions - Topic 6470

Particular matters - Nuisance - General - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Torts - Topic 1007

Nuisance - General principles and definitions - Private nuisance defined - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Torts - Topic 1008

Nuisance - General principles and definitions - Public nuisance defined - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Torts - Topic 1520

Nuisance - Actions - General - Who may bring action - Private nuisance - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Torts - Topic 1525

Nuisance - Actions - General - Who may bring action - Public nuisance - See paragraphs 38 to 94.

Cases Noticed:

Eve, Re, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 388; 71 N.R. 1; 61 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 273; 185 A.P.R. 273; 31 D.L.R.(4th) 1; 13 C.P.C.(3d) 6; 31 D.L.R.(4th) 1, refd to. [para. 41].

Eve v. Mrs. E. - see Eve, Re.

Child and Family Services of Winnipeg v. L.L. and C.L. (1993), 95 Man.R.(2d) 16; 70 W.A.C. 16; 4 R.F.L.(4th) 10 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 42].

Motherwell et al. v. Motherwell (1976), 1 A.R. 47; 73 D.L.R.(3d) 62 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 43].

Ryan v. Victoria (City) et al. (1999), 234 N.R. 201; 117 B.C.A.C. 103; 191 W.A.C. 103; 59 B.C.L.R.(3d) 81 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 46].

Gagnier and Hope Point Fishing Co. v. Canadian Forest Products Ltd. et al. (1990), 51 B.C.L.R.(2d) 218, refd to. [para. 47].

Canada Paper Co. v. Brown (1921), 63 S.C.R. 243, refd to. [para. 47].

British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Wale et al. (1986), 9 B.C.L.R.(2d) 333 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 65].

Waste Not Wanted Inc. v. Canada, [1988] 1 F.C. 239; 11 F.T.R. 253 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 75].

Stein and Tessler v. Gonzales et al. (1984), 58 B.C.L.R. 110 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 79].

Statutes Noticed:

Ferry Corporation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 137, sect. 6 [para. 8].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Clerk, John F., and Lindsell, The Law of Torts (17th Ed. 1995), p. 24 [para. 59]; paras. 24-05 [para. 67]; 24-07, 24-09, 24-13 [para. 68].

Klar, Lewis N., Linden, Allan M., Cherniak, Earl A., and Kryworuk, Peter W., Remedies in Tort, vol. 3, p. 17-71, paras. 96, 99 [para. 70].

McLaren, John P.S., Common Law Nuisance Actions and the Environmental Battle (1972), 10 Osgoode Hall L.J. 505, p. 517 [para. 69].

McLaren, John P.S., Studies in Canadian Tort Law (1968), c. 17-1 [paras. 61, 63].

Counsel:

D.W. Gibbons, Q.C., R.S. Fowler and M.A. Nathanson, for the plaintiff;

C.M. Considine, Q.C., and C. Roberts, for the defendant;

B. Williamson, for the intervener, District of West Vancouver.

This application was heard in Vancouver, B.C., on March 21, 22 and 23, 2001, before Chamberlist, J., of the British Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the following judgment on April 4, 2001.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.