Este v. West Vancouver (District of)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, bcca, 2026bcca366, 2026 bcca 366 (canlii), 2026, bcca, 366, (canlii), ca51494, 2026, procedure, interventions, public interest intervener, court of appeal act, s. 30(f), court of appeal rules, r. 61, whether it is in the court’s interest for an individual to be heard, broad representative base and distinct perspective on the public interest, attempts to supplement appellant’s arguments rejected, application dismissed with costs, procedure, injunctions, standing, whether a proposed intervener has standing to seek injunctive relief against a district, injunction sought to prevent demolition of the foundation, lack of standing to vindicate the appellant’s claim, intervener status would not confer standing, injunctive relief refused, procedure, inherent jurisdiction, abuse of process, whether the court should exercise inherent jurisdiction to prevent injustice on a non, party’s application, inherent jurisdiction acknowledged but not exercised except in most unusual circumstances, court acts on application by an interested party, applicant found not to qualify, application dismissed, procedure, costs, putative interveners, whether costs should be ordered against a putative intervener, usual practice that costs are not ordered for or against interveners, expense incurred opposing application and proceedings prolonged, application found to weigh in on appellant’s side, costs ordered, application dismissed with costs, procedure, chambers, discretion, whether to grant leave to intervene where proposed issue is not an issue of law, issue lacks generality and is tied to controversial factual allegations, intervention would expand the litigation and change its focus, proper role of an intervener emphasised, leave to intervene refused