What is the test for intervenor status in a public interest action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gibralter Mines Ltd. v Harvey, 2021 BCSC 927 (CanLII):
Because the purpose of a public interest intervention is to shed light on an issue, the cases articulate a rule that an applicant is not to be granted intervenor status simply in order to argue that one side or the other should win. Justice Bennett states the rule as follows in Friedmann v. MacGarvie, 2012 BCCA 109:
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