Yahey v. British Columbia

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeHonourable Madam Justice Burke
Neutral Citation2021 BCSC 1287
Citation2021 BCSC 1287
Date29 June 2021
Docket NumberS151727

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19 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...143 X v Y, [1988] 2 All ER 648 , [1988] NLJ Rep 1062, [1988] RPC 379 (QB) .......... 106 Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 ...................................................... 285 Yashin v National Hockey League (2000), 192 DLR (4th) 747 , [2000] OTC 681 , [2000] OJ No 3306 ......
  • Perpetual Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...1 SCR 721. 17 Doucet-Boudreau v Nova Scotia (Minister of Education) , 2003 SCC 62 at paras 72–73. See also Yahey v British Columbia , 2021 BCSC 1287 at paras 1887–89, declining to give a permanent injunction but granting a declaration that required the parties to negotiate enforceable mecha......
  • TSILHQOT'IN NATION AND INTERJURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY: WHEN ARE JUDICIAL DECISIONS INVOLVING INDIGENOUS CLAIMS RETROACTIVE?
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 56 No. 1, September 2023
    • September 1, 2023
    ...Narrows was cited at several places in support of the court's conclusions. The province did not appeal. See Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 (206) Grassy Narrows, supra note 13 at para 53. (207) This does not mean the core of s 91(24) disappeared entirely. Other aspects of "Indianne......
  • Aboriginal Title, Self-Government, and Indigenous Jurisdiction in Canadian Law.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 73, January 2022
    • January 1, 2022
    ...the Court could have created an order to this effect": Borrows, "Durability", supra note 35 at 739. (132) See Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 at para 1894. For analysis, see Robert Hamilton & Nick Ettinger "The Future of Treaty Interpretation in Yahey v British Columbia: Clarif......
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9 firm's commentaries
  • British Columbia Supreme Court Issues Precedent-Setting Cumulative Effects Decision
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 12, 2021
    ...of oral argument. Summary of decision On June 29, 2021, the B.C. Supreme Court released its 511 page decision: Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 (Yahey) Justice Burke for the Court held that the cumulative effects from all types of industrial development in BRFN's territory have resu......
  • Treaty Infringement And The Management Of Cumulative Effects With Regional Plans
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 29, 2023
    ...consideration around meaningfully incorporating Indigenous co-management under the ALSA's regional land-use framework. Footnotes 1. 2021 BCSC 1287 [Yahey]. McLennan Ross' Environmental & Energy Practice Group has written previously on the proceedings in Yahey. Those publications can be revi......
  • BC's Agreements With Blueberry River And Other First Nations Reopen Land To Development, While Minimizing New Disturbances
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 27, 2023
    ...Nation, and McLeod Lake Indian Band). Background In June 2021, the BC Supreme Court released its decision in Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287, finding that the Province had unjustifiably infringed Blueberry River's Treaty 8 rights by failing to manage cumulative impacts on Blueberr......
  • Case Law Update: Summary Of Yahey v. British Columbia
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 21, 2021
    ...its natural resource management regimes to now require adequate consideration of cumulative effects in Treaty 8 territory. Footnote 1. 2021 BCSC 1287 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your speci......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...143 X v Y, [1988] 2 All ER 648 , [1988] NLJ Rep 1062, [1988] RPC 379 (QB) .......... 106 Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 ...................................................... 285 Yashin v National Hockey League (2000), 192 DLR (4th) 747 , [2000] OTC 681 , [2000] OJ No 3306 ......
  • Perpetual Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...1 SCR 721. 17 Doucet-Boudreau v Nova Scotia (Minister of Education) , 2003 SCC 62 at paras 72–73. See also Yahey v British Columbia , 2021 BCSC 1287 at paras 1887–89, declining to give a permanent injunction but granting a declaration that required the parties to negotiate enforceable mecha......
  • TSILHQOT'IN NATION AND INTERJURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY: WHEN ARE JUDICIAL DECISIONS INVOLVING INDIGENOUS CLAIMS RETROACTIVE?
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 56 No. 1, September 2023
    • September 1, 2023
    ...Narrows was cited at several places in support of the court's conclusions. The province did not appeal. See Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 (206) Grassy Narrows, supra note 13 at para 53. (207) This does not mean the core of s 91(24) disappeared entirely. Other aspects of "Indianne......
  • Aboriginal Title, Self-Government, and Indigenous Jurisdiction in Canadian Law.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 73, January 2022
    • January 1, 2022
    ...the Court could have created an order to this effect": Borrows, "Durability", supra note 35 at 739. (132) See Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 at para 1894. For analysis, see Robert Hamilton & Nick Ettinger "The Future of Treaty Interpretation in Yahey v British Columbia: Clarif......