The issue of whether the BC Provincial Government’ s grant of jurisdiction over certain Motor Vehicle Accident claims to the Civil Resolution Tribunal offended Section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (“the Constitution Act”) was considered by Chief Justice Hinkson in the recent decision, Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v. British Columbia (Attorney General),…
In the recent decision Beaudoin v. British Columbia,, 2021 BCSC 512, Chief Justice Hinkson of the B.C. Supreme Court considered whether the public-health orders of the provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry violated or infringed section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”). Specifically, the issue was whether the gathering and…
