Lover-Peace v Residential Tenancy Branch (Director)

Decided: 2026-10-23. Docket: CA50738. Citation: 2026 BCCA 433 (CanLII). Procedure — Variation application — Court of Appeal Act, s. 29(1) — Whether chambers justice erred in law, in principle, or misconceived facts — Haldorson v Coquitlam (City) threshold applied — Disagreement with assessment of merits insufficient — Applicant failed to show definitive error — Application dismissed | Procedure — Inactive appeal — Reactivation — Deline v Kidd factors — Whether interests of justice favoured removing matter from inactive list — Extent of delay and explanation assessed — Prejudice to respondent and low likelihood of success considered — Reactivation refused — Application dismissed | Procedure — Reasons for judgment — Adequacy — Whether judge must address every matter raised and each ground —