Our associate Colton Winiarski recently secured a significant win at the Supreme Court of British Columbia on his application to strike a plaintiff’s Notice of Civil Claim (NOCC) against the RCMP in Imani v. Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 2026 BCSC 577. View the Reasons for Judgment. The plaintiff filed a Notice of Civil Claim (NOCC) alleging that RCMP officers prepared false reports portraying him as hostile, dangerous, and aggressive. He claimed these reports negatively impacted his reputation and posed a risk for any future interactions with police. He felt wronged after contacting the RCMP to file a report, believing officers…
Category: Civil Litigation
January 21, 2026
Harris Brun successful on Minor Injury determination before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal
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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…
Robert Brun, KC and Ryan Monty were counsel for one of the respondents in Gill v. Seikham, 2025 BCCA 356, where the Court of Appeal provided a succinct analysis of the state of the law on liability in BC and dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal from the trial court finding that she was 20% contributorily negligent for the second of two accidents. Ryan was trial counsel and, in cross examination, elicited key evidence from the plaintiff about her own culpability in her second accident. Namely, she saw a vehicle behind her not slowing down, but was too close to the vehicle…
March 25, 2025
BC trial courts loath to interfere with jury verdicts except in very limited circumstances.
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The recent case of Peckham v. Singh, 2025 BCSC 263. In this case, involving a 6-week jury trial and verdict regarding the extent of personal injuries and quantum of loss, Robert Brun, K.C. and Ryan Monty successfully represented the defendants in defeating an application by the plaintiff for a mistrial and preserved the jury’s verdict. The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident and took issue with the jury awards claiming: There was a conflict in ordering $0 for past loss of income and awarding any damages for loss of future income earning capacity, cost of future care, and…
In our last blog on the subject, we noted that court can be a bad place to resolve differences. Nobody likes to go to court. We recognize this and take every opportunity to settle the claims of our civil litigation clients outside of court. But sometimes there is very little choice. If you have a claim for damages, or are being sued, you will need a lawyer who has the skill to deliver an appropriate verdict in the courtroom. As you can see from the Harris & Brun court wins we have listed below, and the ones referred to in…
Nobody likes to go to court. However, if you have to take your case to court, the following results show that Harris & Brun Law Corporation has one of the finest lineups of courtroom lawyers in the province, perhaps even in the whole country. The following successes of Harris & Brun trial lawyers are documented in chronological order. As you will see from these results, our trial lawyers are equally adept at succeeding for defendants and plaintiffs. In Sherrell v. ICBC, 2019 BCSC 103, a case which was defended by Lyle Harris, the plaintiff sued ICBC for a declaration that…
If your partner or confidant meets your lawyer along with you, you have waived privilege. Suppose you have started a lawsuit because someone has caused you harm or owes you money. You hire a lawyer who issues a Notice of Civil Claim on your behalf. The day approaches for your examination for discovery and your lawyer calls you in for an appointment to prepare you for your examination. Like most clients, you are a little bit nervous talking to your lawyer and you decide you want to bring your partner or best friend with you to sit in on…
On January 27, 2017, Mr. Justice Funt of the Supreme Court of British Columbia overturned a master’s decision, which had incorrectly held that the court has no power to order a Plaintiff to sign a reasonable consent to treatment form. I acted as counsel representing the Defendants. His Lordship ruled that the courts of British Columbia most certainly CAN make such an order to give effect to the Supreme Court Civil Rules, including the right of a Defendant in a personal injury action to compel the Plaintiff to attend a medical assessment with the expert of his or her choice…
On November 30, 2011, the Vancouver Police Department announced that 25 people face a total of 61 charges for allegedly taking part in the June 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot. Crown Counsel approved the charges against the suspected rioters who came from all areas of the lower mainland of British Columbia and Seattle. Vancouver Police told local media that charges were recommended after new technology created a searchable database of 30,000 YouTube videos and Facebook images. This database enabled police to find matching evidence of suspects and crimes. In October of 2011, a similar situation occurred in England, where a…
Civility may be defined as each person’s entitlement to be treated with dignity, respect and common sense. It is the glue that holds a democratic society together. Civility is a hallmark of the Bar in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada. Even during the most contested battles, most lawyers on either side of a case refer to each other as “my friend” or “my learned friend”. I believe this is a reflection of the lines from Shakespeare where Tranio advises the fellow suitors for Bianca to “do as adversaries do in law. Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends”….