What is the flexible duty of procedural fairness?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Citation Botterill et al. v. Cranbrook (City of), 2000 BCSC 1225 (CanLII):

In discussing the flexible duty of procedural fairness, Rowles J.A. in Pitt Polder Preservation Society v. Pitt Meadows (District), (supra), stated at paragraphs 43 and 45:

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