Afridi v College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

Decided: 2026-09-16. Docket: CA51170. Citation: 2026 BCCA 378 (CanLII). Procedure — Pleadings — Rule 9-5 — Supreme Court Civil Rules, R 9-5(1) — Whether refusing leave to further amend applied too high a standard to pleadings — “Meticulous” and “unimpeachable” compliance treated as threshold — Leave to apply again to amend pleadings for viable claims — Appeal allowed in part | Civil liability — Torts — Misfeasance in public office — Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse — Whether pleadings and submissions could support misfeasance claims against public bodies — Deliberate and unlawful conduct, knowledge of unlawfulness and likely harm pleaded broadly — Opportunity to plead misfeasance expressly to be considered on amendment — Leave to apply again granted | Civil liability — Torts — Negligence — Rule