The BC Supreme Court could be mitigating some of the $390 million in projected ICBC savings.
Earlier this month, it struck down sections of the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act that looked to eliminate trials in front of a judge for injury claims under $50,000. That was one of the cost savers in the ICBC shift to the no-fault insurance model.
Acumen Law’s Kyla Lee says it’s troubling anytime government takes power away from judges and gives it to tribunals. “[Tribunals] are staffed by people who don’t necessarily have to have any legal education, who are appointed and serve at the pleasure of government ministers, all of that kind of dilutes confidence overall in the justice system. And anytime something like that happens we have to have concerns about the fairness of that process.”
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