What is the impact of the law of Victorian England on our society?

At page 128, Lambert J.A. said: One hundred years, an ocean and a continent, separate us from Wallingford v. Mut. Society, supra. To the extent that the commercial law of Victorian England is inappropriate for modern British Columbia it should be discarded, and laws consistent with contemporary requirements should be substituted. Both the legislature and the courts must play a part in this process, each within the sphere where its special constitutional position makes it the appropriate instrument for reform. But, in this case, I am not satisfied that any such need, if it exists, is best assessed and responded to by the courts.