Background: Quan Gong appealed several orders from the Supreme Court of British Columbia related to a civil action against P. O’Neill, an arbitrator with the Residential Tenancy Branch, who had ruled in favor of her landlord in a tenancy dispute.

Legal Arguments/Issues: Ms. Gong sought a production order for hardcopies of documents from Mr. O’Neill’s application record, multiple adjournments to delay proceedings, and injunctions to prevent Mr. O’Neill’s counsel from communicating with her and serving documents via email. Mr. O’Neill requested the dismissal of her claim, arguing it was unreasonable, unnecessary, vexatious, and an abuse of process.

Held: The Court dismissed Ms. Gong’s applications for production, adjournment, and injunctions, stating they required leave to appeal, which was not granted. The Court did allow her to appeal the order dismissing her claim and granted an extension to file the appeal record for this specific decision. Applications to extend the time for filing an appeal record related to orders by Justices Baker, Gropper, and Tammen were dismissed. However, the Court extended the filing time for the appeal record concerning the dismissal of her claim by Justice Forth until March 3, 2023.

Costs/Damages Awarded: The costs for this application were to be included in the costs of the appeal from Justice Forth’s order. The exact total amount of costs or any award in favor of the successful party was not specified in the document.