Director seeking forfeiture of three Hells Angels’ clubhouses as being instruments of unlawful activity — Whether the laws that authorize civil forfeiture of instruments of unlawful activity under British Columbia’s Civil Forfeiture Act are ultra vires the province — What is the correct interpretation of the scope of “instruments of unlawful activity” as defined in the Civil Forfeiture Act? — Whether an appellate court hearing a civil case exceeds its role and causes unfairness by reframing the issues in a manner unsupported by the pleadings, re-interpreting the law foundational to the case, finding its own facts and applying them to a new theory advanced on appeal — dismissed 10/12/2023 — Supreme Advocacy acted as agent for the Applicant.
Read the lower court decision from the BCCA here.