BC Supreme Court

• Sections of B.C.’s involuntary care rules found unconstitutional

  Lawyer Ravi Hira says what now has to change is what happens after admission and when treatment can be provided without consent.

  Politics

  Jul 31
  
• B.C. woman awarded $210,000 whose attacker claimed to suffer from ‘sexsomnia’

  The court ruling, handed down in May, says Karl Antonius was convicted in 2020 of sexual assault for having unprotected sex with a woman after she fell asleep in his bed in 2015.

  Crime

  Jun 2
  
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• Family of China murder victim loses B.C. lawsuit against family of executed killer

  The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed Thursday a lawsuit filed by the family of a man murdered in a "contract killing" in 2017 in China.

  Crime

  Mar 27
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• Historic lawsuit filed with B.C. Supreme Court alleging abuse at Vernon, B.C. school

  After 60 years, Syilx Okanagan woman Laurie Wilson is taking her story of alleged abuse to B.C.'s highest court.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2024
• RateMDs faces certified class-action lawsuit over alleged breach of privacy

  A class action lawsuit against doctor review website RateMDs has been certified by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, alleging it breaches provincial privacy laws.

  Canada

  May 10, 2024
• City of Vancouver lawsuit claims faulty Granville Bridge work poses ‘substantial danger’

  The city alleges some of the recoating work was never done, with no caulking and penetrating sealer applied in all places it should have been.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2024
• B.C. court turfs conviction of woman accused of coughing at workers during COVID

  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has thrown out convictions against a woman accused of coughing at workers during COVID-19 because she wasn't allowed to call a character witness.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2024
• B.C. judge rejects bid to bar father of murdered girl from killer’s proceedings

  A jury found Ibrahim Ali guilty of first-degree murder last December in the 2017 killing of a young teen girl in a Metro Vancouver park.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2024
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• B.C. flight school dropout still refusing to leave dorm, 2 years later: Court case

  The petition alleges he signed a student accommodation agreement with the Canadian Flight Centre on June 24, 2021, and withdrew from his classes a little over a week later.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2024
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• Okanagan mayors support legal battle to ban public drug use in parks, playgrounds

  The legal battle over where drug use should and shouldn't be allowed is heating up after the B.C Supreme Court struck down Bill 34.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2024