What is the impact of the doctrine of last clear chance?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Enviro West Inc. v. Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, 2010 BCSC 1443 (CanLII):

More recently, in Dyke v. British Columbia Amateur Softball Assn., 2008 BCCA 3, Donald J.A. confirmed yet again that the doctrine of last clear chance is “extinct”:

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