Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd. v. Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, fca, 2026fca156, 2026 fca 156 (canlii), 2026, fca, 156, (canlii), a-324-24, 2026, procedure, judicial review record, federal courts rules, r. 317 and r. 318, certified tribunal record limited to documents before the decision, maker, whether r. 317 can be used for discovery, like production, china mobile distinguished, “transmit” not “disclosure”, expansion rejected beyond summary report and draft resolution, appeal dismissed, cross, appeal allowed, administrative law, decision, maker identification, canada marine act, s. 20 and s. 49, whether the decision, maker was the board of directors rather than the port authority, corporate law principles, corporation acts through its board, staff recommendations not incorporated into final decision, board found to be the decision, maker for r. 317 purposes, appeal dismissed, cross, appeal allowed, administrative law, procedural fairness, federal courts rules, r. 317, whether allegations of procedural fairness and legitimate expectations broaden the certified record, relevance required for documents sought, no allegation of bias, disputed documents “cannot be legally relevant” to procedural fairness as framed, broader transmittal refused, appeal dismissed, cross, appeal allowed, procedure, appellate disposition, remittal, whether it was appropriate to remit relevance of disputed documents to procedural fairness, motions judge remitted to associate judge for redetermination, no legal foundation for relevance identified, remittal set aside, cross, appeal allowed on remittal issue, appeal dismissed, cross, appeal allowed