Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46
Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
Judge | Frankel,Stromberg-Stein,Goepel |
Citation | 2019 BCCA 46 |
Date | 05 February 2019 |
Court | Court of Appeal (British Columbia) |
Docket Number | CA45533 |
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47 practice notes
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Desai v. North Ridge Development Corporation,
...that the Campbell River test was affirmed by the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, 21 BCLR (6th) 306 [Envirocon]. However, Campbell River was affirmed on the simple basis that it was binding on the court, without addressing these......
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Byelkova v. Fraser Health Authority,
...that decision: see, for example, Board of Education of a Vancouver Island School District; Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, leave to appeal ref’d [2019] SCCA No 108; Board of Education v. Daughter [85] As in Rojas,......
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English v. Richmond (City),
...whether he identified the correct standard of review and applied that standard correctly: Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46 at para. 26, 21 B.C.L.R. (6th) 306, leave to appeal ref’d [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 108. Although the chambers judge’......
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North Cowichan (Municipality) v. 1909988 Ontario Limited,
...judge identified the correct standard of review and applied that standard correctly: Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46 at para. 26, leave to appeal ref’d [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 38580. There is no dispute that the appropriate standard of review in this case is [......
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13 cases
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Desai v. North Ridge Development Corporation,
...that the Campbell River test was affirmed by the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, 21 BCLR (6th) 306 [Envirocon]. However, Campbell River was affirmed on the simple basis that it was binding on the court, without addressing these......
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English v. Richmond (City),
...whether he identified the correct standard of review and applied that standard correctly: Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46 at para. 26, 21 B.C.L.R. (6th) 306, leave to appeal ref’d [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 108. Although the chambers judge’......
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Byelkova v. Fraser Health Authority,
...that decision: see, for example, Board of Education of a Vancouver Island School District; Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, leave to appeal ref’d [2019] SCCA No 108; Board of Education v. Daughter [85] As in Rojas,......
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North Cowichan (Municipality) v. 1909988 Ontario Limited,
...judge identified the correct standard of review and applied that standard correctly: Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46 at para. 26, leave to appeal ref’d [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 38580. There is no dispute that the appropriate standard of review in this case is [......
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15 Key Developments in Canadian Labour & Employment Law in 2019
...Must Continue to Meet a High Standard to Establish "Family Status" Discrimination In Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46 (Suen), the British Columbia Court of Appeal refused to reconsider the high burden test for establishing family status discrimination set out in H......
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Recent Developments in Family Status Accommodation: A Three-Headed Monster of Approaches?
...line of case law which was recently espoused by the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, which follows a previous decision of that court in Campbell River.11 Under this third line of authority, a complainant must meet a significant......
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Alberta Court Of Appeal Confirms Test For Family Status Discrimination
...("SCC") had the opportunity to establish a uniform test for family status discrimination in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 38580 ("Suen"), it declined to grant leave to appeal. As a result, there continues to be no unified test f......
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British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Recommends Employers Faced With Family Status Discrimination Complaints Confer With Employees To Determine If Mutually Satisfactory Solution Available
...family accommodations (2019 Article). As we stated, the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46 (Suen), refused to reconsider the high burden test for establishing family status discrimination set out in Health Sciences Assoc. of B.C. ......
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