CONDUCT

POTENTIAL FOR
CIVIL LIABILITY

AUTHORITY

STATUTORY

PROVISION

Intentional Wrongdoing/ Abuse of Power

Liability

Roncarelli v. Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121.

Nelles v. Ontario, [1989]

2 S.C.R. 170.

Legislative Action

No Liability

Wellbridge Holdings Ltd. v. Winnipeg, [1971] S.C.R. 957.

Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Decisions

No Liability

Sirros v. Moore, [1974]

3 All E.R. 776.

Negligence:

(a) Policy Decisions

(b) Operational Decisions/ Implementation of Policy Decisions

No Liability

Liability

Just v. British Columbia, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1228.

Brown v. British Columbia, [1994] 1 S.C.R. 420.

Swinamer v. Nova Scotia, [1994] 1 S.C.R. 445.

Kamloops v. Nielsen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 2.

Vernon v. Manolakos, [1989] 2 S.C.R.1259.

Mortimer v. Cameron,(1992) 9 M.P.L.R. (2d) 185.

s. 331.3 of Ontario’s Municipal Act

Nuisance

Rylands v. Fletcher Doctrine

Liability

(see statutory exception)

Subject to defence of statutory

authority

Liability

Tock v. St. John’s, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1181.

A.G. (Canada) v. Ottawa-Carleton, (1991) 5 O.R. (3d) 11.

Mandrake v. TTC, (1993) 15 M.P.L.R. (2d) 131.

Ryan v. Victoria (City), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 201.

Rylands v. Fletcher, (1866), [1861-73] All E.R. Rep 1.

Gertsen v. Metropolitan Toronto (Municipality), [1973] 43 D.L.R. (3d) 504.

s. 331.2 of Ontario’s Municipal Act (bars nuisance based on escape of water or sewage, but not actions based on negligence)

Breach of Statutory Duty

- with no statutory

immunity

- with complete or partial statutory immunity

No direct Liability

Maybe if Evidence of Negligence

No Liability

The Queen v. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (1983) 143 D.L.R. (3d) (S.C.C.)

See appropriate provisions of Ontario’s Municipal Act, etc.