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The British Columbia provincial government ushered in a significant update to the Contaminated Sites Regulation (the “CSR”) on November 1, 2017.  Historically, the government adopted a largely ad hoc approach to updating the CSR, which has, in some cases, resulted in outdated standards.  In order to address this issue, the provincial government implemented an “Omnibus” ...

In 2016, the B.C. Supreme Court rendered a decision in the case of Domovitch v. Willows, 2016 BCSC 1068, which considered a number of important issues in the context of a residential cost recovery claim.  Given that very few cases involving residential contamination go to trial, the decision provides valuable insight into the interpretation and ...