Philippine Women Centre of B.C. v Ming Sun Benevolent Society

Decided: 2026-10-14. Docket: CA50791. Citation: 2026 BCCA 403 (CanLII). Civil liability — Appeal — Standard of review — Brick veneer collapse — Palpable and overriding error not shown — Findings of fact open to the judge on the evidence — Appeal characterised as rearguing issues at trial — Appeal dismissed | Civil liability — Negligence and nuisance — Causation — Whether collapse would not have occurred but for failure to maintain valley flashing — Duty of adjacent property owner to maintain mechanism discharging rainwater — Unreasonable interference with use and enjoyment by water ingress — Liability in negligence and nuisance upheld — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Expert evidence — Admissibility and trial rulings — Whether expert assistance was “necessary” and assumptions sufficiently id