Intervenor: Forest Practices Board
APPEAL NO. 2011 BCCA 446

In the course of harvesting timber on private land, the appellants were found to have crossed onto Crown land and harvested Crown timber without authorization. After unsuccessfully arguing that they were entitled to the mistake of fact and due diligence defence before the FAC and later the BC Supreme Court, they appealed to the BC Court of Appeal. The Board intervened at the BC Court of Appeal to make submissions on the proper test for the due diligence defence.

Appeal dismissed.

Court Decision: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/CA/11/04/2011BCCA0446.htm