Safaei v Vancouver Island Health Authority

Decided: 2026-10-30. Docket: CA50567. Citation: 2026 BCCA 427 (CanLII). Administrative law — Judicial review — Interim tribunal decisions — Prematurity principle and exceptional circumstances — Did the reviewing judge err in exercising discretion to hear the petition? — Halifax and Chu factors, statutory context, delay and wasted resources — Discrete stage reasoning rejected — Appeal allowed, Tribunal decision restored | Administrative law — Standards of review — Patent unreasonableness — Administrative Tribunals Act, ss. 59(3)-(4), Human Rights Code, s. 32 — Whether the Tribunal decision was patently unreasonable — Holistic and deferential review, avoiding disguised correctness review — Misapprehension of record in other proceedings rejected — Appeal allowed, Tribunal decision restored |