Red Branch Investments Limited v. Long

Decided: 2026-09-16. Docket: CA50166. Citation: 2026 BCCA 376 (CanLII). Procedure — Judgments — Setting aside for fraud on the court — Prior judgment attacked by separate action — Whether trial judge erred in dismissing claim despite perjury — Gate-keeping role balancing finality and integrity of trial process — D.K. Investments Ltd. v. S.W.S. Investments Ltd. cited — New trial ordered | Evidence — Fraud on the court — Materiality threshold — Perjury about neutrality of key witness — Whether test for effect of fraud “should not be placed too high” — 100 Main Street East Ltd. v. Sakas, Meek v. Fleming, Canada v. Granitile Inc. applied — Fraud “might have misled the court” — New trial ordered | Procedure — Appeal — Error in principle — Materiality assessed by reweighing first trial evidence