These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
These cases concerned whether compensatory damages can be awarded for a violation of rights guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The appeals stem from a case brought by an individual, Mr. Cameron Ward, who sought declarations that his … Read More
This complaint before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal alleged that the publication of an article titled “Why The Future Belongs to Islam” in Maclean’s Magazine and website amounted to discrimination on the basis of religion. The BCCLA intervened in this … Read More
This public inquiry is investigating the death of Mr. Frank Paul, a 47 year-old homeless Mi’kmaq man who died in an alley after being left there by police in December 1998. The BCCLA has participated in the inquiry. To date … Read More
The recent decision of the B. C. Supreme Court granted a supervised injection facility, Insite, located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a permanent constitutional exemption from prosecution under federal drug laws. The judgment asserted that sections of Canada’s drug laws against … Read More
This decision of the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the Charter binds Canadian officials when operating abroad, where Canada would also be acting in contravention of its obligations under international human rights law. The BCCLA intervened in the case … Read More
The Wild Coyote Club required patrons, upon entering the club, to provide a driver’s licence which is then scanned into a computer, and to allow the club to take a digital photograph of the patron that is also stored in … Read More
This appeal concerned the free speech rights of a speaker on a matter of public interest. The defendant Mair read an editorial he had written on his radio show, in which he referred to the plaintiff on several occasions with … Read More
The BC Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal to accept a human rights complaint for filing. Peter Hayes brought a complaint against the Vancouver Police Department alleging that a VPD officer had denied him … Read More
The Access o Abortion Services Act expressly empowers government to abrogate freedom of expression by establishing “access ones” within which various proscriptions set out in the Act apply. In Slaight Communication vs. Davidson, 1989 1 SCR 1038, the Supreme Court … Read More
The Respondent’s bylaw, entitled “A Bylaw to regulate Second Hand Dealers within the City of New Westminster,” requires pawnshops to collect vast amounts of personal infromation from their customers and to pass this information on to the New Westmisnter Police … Read More
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