A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed an attempt to certify a class-action lawsuit that alleged police misconduct during old-growth logging protests in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island. In a ruling released Friday, June 20, Justice F. Matthew Kirchner found the proposed class action lacked the common issues needed for certification under B.C.’s Class Proceedings Act. The lawsuit was launched by two protesters who sought to represent hundreds of people arrested or detained while RCMP enforced a 2021 injunction obtained by Teal Cedar Products Ltd. to keep access roads clear for logging. …“The evidence before me presented by the plaintiffs does little more than establish that there were searches, seizures, arrests and detentions at different dates and locations and under different circumstances,” wrote Kirchner in his decision. …The ruling means the case cannot proceed as a class action, though plaintiffs or others can still pursue individual claims.