Is a non-resident ratepayer entitled to quash the by-laws of the corporation to which he pays rates?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dawgfather PHD v. Halifax (Regional Municipality), 2016 NSSC 104 (CanLII):
Later, at §191.3 the author states: Historically, the fact that one is a ratepayer implies an interest in all the by-laws of the corporation to which he pays rates and a non-resident ratepayer is therefore entitled to move to quash such by-laws. … Courts may grant standing on the basis of public interest. The interest must be beyond mere curiosity and being a “busybody”. (See Atkins v. Anmore (Village), 2014 CarswellBC 3844, 2014 BCSC 2402 (B.C.S.C.).)
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