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January 21, 2026

Harris Brun successful on Minor Injury determination before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal

Harris & Brun

Oliver Wilson was recently successful in obtaining a Minor Injury (MI) determination before the Civil Resolution Tribunal, notwithstanding the plaintiff’s reliance on multiple independent medical examinations (IMEs). A central feature of the decision was the Tribunal’s preference for direct evidence regarding her functional abilities. While the plaintiff relied largely on expert medical opinion, Oliver provided excerpts from the plaintiff’s discovery transcript demonstrating her functional abilities, which the Tribunal expressly noted as persuasive. The Tribunal found that the plaintiff had missed several weeks of work following a motor vehicle accident but she successfully completed a graduated return to work and there…

November 13, 2025

HBLC gets an order against BC Mainland Cricket League to prevent a monopoly on cricket in the Lower Mainland

Harris & Brun

Our colleagues Jai Singh Sheikhupura and Kirstin Jamison recently recorded a decisive win against a society seeking to maintain a monopoly over cricket in the Lower Mainland: Chowdhury v. British Columbia Mainland Cricket Association, 2025 BCSC 2041. The case was picked up on MSN.com. View the full article here: B.C. Judge orders cricket association to drop rule against new league. Acting for the franchise owners of Last Man Stands Canada (a new international amateur league operating in the Lower Mainland), Jai and Kirsti sought relief under the Societies Act arguing that a rule imposed by the the BC Mainland Cricket…

September 6, 2017

What Every Injured Worker Should Know

Rebecca Buchanan

If you have been injured while working, either because of a coworker’s actions or your own, you are entitled to receive benefits from WorkSafeBC.  To ensure you receive all healthcare, wage loss, pension and vocational retraining benefits, it is important you do the following: Immediately report your injury to your employer’s First-Aid person. If there is no First-Aid person, report to your immediate supervisor.  Write down what happened, where, when, how and who saw it (the witnesses) along with witness contact information.   Immediately see your doctor, go to a walk-in clinic or the hospital and report that you were…

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