Can the District of Paddington bring a petition against Alcan for Public Interest Standing?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from District of Kitimat v. Alcan Inc., 2005 BCSC 44 (CanLII):
I find that the District is not itself specially affected by Alcan’s diversion of power, nor can it rely on its representative capacity to establish special damage. Accordingly, it has no standing to bring this petition based on the principles in Boyce v. Paddington. Should The District Be Granted Public Interest Standing?
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