No. 158 Seabright Holdings Ltd. et al. v. Imperial Oil Ltd. et al., 2001 BCSC 1330

• Judge: Clancy, J.
• Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
• Case Date: August 24, 2001
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2001 BCSC 1330;[2001] B.C.T.C. 1330 (SC)

No. 158 Seabright v. Imperial Oil, [2001] B.C.T.C. 1330 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2001] B.C.T.C. TBEd. OC.073

No. 158 Seabright Holdings Ltd. and No. 159 Seabright Holdings Ltd. (plaintiffs) v. Imperial Oil Limited-Compagnie Petroliere Imperiale Ltée and Mohawk Canada Limited (defendants) and South Pacific Development Ltd. (third party)

(L000289; 2001 BCSC 1330)

Indexed As: No. 158 Seabright Holdings Ltd. et al. v. Imperial Oil Ltd. et al.

British Columbia Supreme Court

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Clancy, J.

September 24, 2001.

Summary:

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Pollution Control - Topic 8062.1

Land - Waste disposal - Contaminated site - Persons responsible (incl. apportionment of fault) - See paragraphs 1 to 71.

Pollution Control - Topic 9317

Enforcement - General - Clean-up - Cost of - Liability for - See paragraphs 1 to 71.

Cases Noticed:

Swamy v. Tham Demolition Ltd. et al., [2001] B.C.T.C. 551 (S.C.), dist. [para. 4].

Swamy v. Tham Demolition Ltd. et al., [2000] B.C.T.C. 625; 81 B.C.L.R.(3d) 293 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 25].

O'Connor v. Fleck et al., [2000] B.C.T.C. 545; 79 B.C.L.R.(3d) 280 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 25].

Beazer East Inc. v. Environmental Appeal Board (B.C.) et al., [2000] B.C.T.C. 893; 84 B.C.L.R.(3d) 88 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 25].

R. v. Consolidated Maybrun Mines Ltd. et al., [1998] 1 S.C.R. 706; 225 N.R. 41; 108 O.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 26].

Beazer East Inc. v. Environmental Appeal Board (B.C.) et al., [2000] B.C.E.A. No. 15 (Environ. App. Bd.), refd to. [para. 42].

Pacific Press v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2000] B.C.T.C. 74; 73 B.C.L.R.(3d) 264 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 55].

Hansard Spruce Mills, Re, [1954] 4 D.L.R. 590 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 56].

Statutes Noticed:

Waste Management Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 482, sect. 1 [para. 12]; sect. 26(1) [paras. 13, 14]; sect. 26.4(1) [para. 30]; sect. 26.4(3) [para. 31]; sect. 26.5(1) [para. 18]; sect. 26.5(2) [para. 68]; sect. 27(1) [para. 16]; sect. 27(4) [para. 17]; sect. 27.3(1) [para. 51]; sect. 27.6(1) [para. 7]; sect. 27.6(2)(a)(iii) [para. 10].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Belevsky, D., and Tollefson, C., Bill 26 Arrives (1997), 55 The Advocate 185, generally [para. 43].

Braul, W., Liability Features of Bill 26, 4 J. Environ. L. & Prac. 139, para. 25 [para. 43].

Counsel:

G. Letcher and F.E. Verhoeven, for the plaintiffs;

B.A. Meckling, for the defendant, Imperial Oil Ltd.-Compagnie Petroliere Imperiale Ltée;

R.E. Bereti, for the defendant, Mohawk Canada Ltd.

This action was heard on June 14-15 and August 24, 2001, before Clancy, J., of the British Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the following decision on September 24, 2001.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.