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B.C. lawyers say a court decision upholding the BC NDP government policy moving ICBC cases to a tribunal could go to the Supreme Court of Canada.

B.C.'s Court of Appeal says the BC NDP government moving minor motor vehicle accident claims to the Civil Resolution Tribunal is legal.

  VANCOUVER -- Loud music and lively conversations have cost two B.C. condo owners upwards of $2,500 after they were sued by their downstairs neighbours over many nights of disrupted sleep. In a ruling posted online last week, the province's Civil Resolution Tribunal found Seyed Mohsen Hashemi Sefat and Hirad Abbaspour liable for "unreasonable noise" coming from their unit between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on 16 different nights from February through August 2020. Downstairs neighbours Yang Chu and Felix Tan said the racket coming from the home was sometimes so loud, they were forced to go sleep...

With the decision, said the Trial Lawyers’ Association of B.C. (TLABC), the court has put a check on the government’s ability to create its own tribunal to decide claims against ICBC. And, the association said, the court has also affirmed the historic right of accident victims to pursue remedies for their injuries before the courts should they wish. Among the plaintiffs was Melissa Rondpre who objected to the online tribunal aspects. “To have a fair process you should get an impartial judge, that evidence should be given, and witnesses should be questioned,” she said. “Submitting...

BC Supreme Court March 1 struck down sections of B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal Act dealing with ICBC reforms as unconstitutional. Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson ruled it is unconstitutional. . .