English v. Richmond (City)

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtCourt of Appeal (British Columbia)
JudgeThe Honourable Mr. Justice Frankel,The Honourable Mr. Justice Fitch,The Honourable Madam Justice DeWitt-Van Oosten
Neutral Citation2021 BCCA 442
Citation2021 BCCA 442
Date24 November 2021
Docket NumberCA47143

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  • Beach Place Ventures Ltd. v. Employment Standards Tribunal
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 25, 2022
    ...Music Publishers of Canada, 2020 FCA 100 at para. 42, leave to appeal to SCC granted, 39418 (22 April 2021); English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para. 63. For example, in English this Court recently concluded that a decision-maker’s interpretation of a regulation was unreasonable b......
  • Hammer Head Equities Inc. v. Rossland (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 16, 2023
    ...is inevitable, and no useful purpose would be served by remitting them back to City to reconsider. [258] In English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 [English] at paras. 123-139, the Court of Appeal considered whether the chambers judge had erred in ordering mandamus, and decided that they ......
  • Langlois v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • October 15, 2025
    ...is presumed that the provisions of legislation are meant to work together, both logically and teleologically (English v Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para 114). The applicant relies on the tense of the verbs used in the English and French versions of paragraph 5.3(1)(a) and subsections ......
  • Vanderhaeghe v. Sunshine Coast (Regional District)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 1, 2022
    ...applied the reasonableness standard with respect to judicial reviews of building permit decisions: see e.g. English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para. 56; Yu v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 226 at para. [66] The reviewing court will consider “only whether the decision made by the admi......
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  • Beach Place Ventures Ltd. v. Employment Standards Tribunal
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 25, 2022
    ...Music Publishers of Canada, 2020 FCA 100 at para. 42, leave to appeal to SCC granted, 39418 (22 April 2021); English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para. 63. For example, in English this Court recently concluded that a decision-maker’s interpretation of a regulation was unreasonable b......
  • Hammer Head Equities Inc. v. Rossland (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 16, 2023
    ...is inevitable, and no useful purpose would be served by remitting them back to City to reconsider. [258] In English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 [English] at paras. 123-139, the Court of Appeal considered whether the chambers judge had erred in ordering mandamus, and decided that they ......
  • Langlois v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • October 15, 2025
    ...is presumed that the provisions of legislation are meant to work together, both logically and teleologically (English v Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para 114). The applicant relies on the tense of the verbs used in the English and French versions of paragraph 5.3(1)(a) and subsections ......
  • Vanderhaeghe v. Sunshine Coast (Regional District)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 1, 2022
    ...applied the reasonableness standard with respect to judicial reviews of building permit decisions: see e.g. English v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442 at para. 56; Yu v. Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 226 at para. [66] The reviewing court will consider “only whether the decision made by the admi......
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