Lions Bay property owner Steven Vestergaard filed a response this week to a lawsuit launched by family and neighbours of the victims of a landslide, arguing there is no evidence he contributed to, or was responsible for, the slide.

The lawsuit by the family and neighbours claims a debris flow was “caused, or alternatively contributed to,” by the alleged illegal construction of roads and a small reservoir by Vestergaard on provincial land above Lions Bay.

In his response filed in B.C. Supreme Court on June 5, Vestergaard said the roads and reservoir were not illegal and had been “authorized” and “affirmed” by provincial permits.

David and Barbara Enns were killed on Dec. 14 when a debris flow carrying mud , rocks and trees cascaded down the Battani Creek ravine and swept away their

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