West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeMilman
Citation2018 BCSC 1835
Docket NumberS180247
Date24 October 2018

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19 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...West Mercia Constabulary v Wagener, [1982] 1 WLR 127 (QB) ........................211 West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 ............. 94, 136 West Telemarketing Canada ULC v Titley, 2005 BCSC 1585 .............................591 West Van Inc v Daisley, 2014......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...identifying the status quo as being a “tie-breaker” between the two types. See also West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia , 2018 BCSC 1835 [ West Moberly ], where the defendant’s argument that the cost of compliance in being required to shut down operations indicated that the injunc......
  • FINDING RECONCILIATION IN DARK TERRITORY: COASTAL GASLINK, COLDWATER, AND THE POSSIBLE FUTURES OF DRIPA.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 53 No. 4, September 2021
    • September 1, 2021
    ...have been the subject of extensive and ongoing litigation. For recent examples, see West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 [West Moberly]; Taseko Mines Limited v Tsilhqot'in National Government, 2019 BCSC 1507 [Tsilhqot'in National Government]; William v Taseko Mines ......
  • Arbutus Investment Management Ltd. v. Russell
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 17, 2022
    ...are technical and stale: Chief Mtn. v. H.M.T.Q., 2000 BCSC 659 at paras. 15, 30-35; West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 at paras. [99] This staleness leads naturally into the next defence raised by Mr. Russell, being the application of the relevant limitation peri......
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  • Arbutus Investment Management Ltd. v. Russell
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 17, 2022
    ...are technical and stale: Chief Mtn. v. H.M.T.Q., 2000 BCSC 659 at paras. 15, 30-35; West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 at paras. [99] This staleness leads naturally into the next defence raised by Mr. Russell, being the application of the relevant limitation peri......
  • R. v. Swaine
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • September 5, 2025
    ...2013 SKQB 295, at para. 24, aff’d (but not specifically on this issue) 2018 SKCA 73; West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835, 24 C.E.L.R. (4th) 214, at para. 158; and R. v. Baldovi et al., 2016 MBQB 90, 328 Man. R. (2d) 155, at para. [44] Also of assistance on this is......
  • Jewish Community Council of Montreal v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court
    • July 24, 2024
    ...not sufficiently important to require the Applicants to prove a “strong prima facie case” (West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 at paras 226, [57] Finally, an injunction does not automatically become a “mandatory” one merely because it requires a respondent to do so......
  • Air Passenger Rights v. WestJet Airlines Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 31, 2025
    ...disposing of the case prior to a trial, without a full adjudication on the merits: West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 at para. 229. As stated in RJR-MacDonald at 338, this higher standard also arises when “the result of the application will impose such hardship o......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • West Moberly's Application For Injunctive Relief Denied
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 9, 2018
    ...work in 13 critical areas said to be of particular importance to its treaty rights. In West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835, the Supreme Court of British Columbia denied West Moberly's injunction application. The test for an interlocutory injunction requires an appl......
  • Case Law Summaries – Aboriginal Law
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 22, 2019
    ...on Legislation - Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada (Governor General in Council)." WEST MOBERLY FIRST NATIONS V. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2018 BCSC 1835 In this decision, the B.C. Supreme Court declined to grant the West Moberly First Nations an injunction prohibiting further work on the Site C ......
3 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...West Mercia Constabulary v Wagener, [1982] 1 WLR 127 (QB) ........................211 West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 ............. 94, 136 West Telemarketing Canada ULC v Titley, 2005 BCSC 1585 .............................591 West Van Inc v Daisley, 2014......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...identifying the status quo as being a “tie-breaker” between the two types. See also West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia , 2018 BCSC 1835 [ West Moberly ], where the defendant’s argument that the cost of compliance in being required to shut down operations indicated that the injunc......
  • FINDING RECONCILIATION IN DARK TERRITORY: COASTAL GASLINK, COLDWATER, AND THE POSSIBLE FUTURES OF DRIPA.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 53 No. 4, September 2021
    • September 1, 2021
    ...have been the subject of extensive and ongoing litigation. For recent examples, see West Moberly First Nations v British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 1835 [West Moberly]; Taseko Mines Limited v Tsilhqot'in National Government, 2019 BCSC 1507 [Tsilhqot'in National Government]; William v Taseko Mines ......