These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
The BCCLA submits that this appeal raises issues of fundamental importance to liberty interests. The BCCLA submits that rigorous Charter scrutiny of the criminal organization provisions in the Criminal Code is critical to maintenance of a free and democratic society. … Read More
In the context of security certificates, this appeal will define the constitutional limits of the power of the government executive and judiciary to rely on secret evidence to the prejudice of interests at the core of a non-citizen’s right to … 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 question raised by this appeal was whether government entities have the right to control the content of the expression that took place on the side of buses. The BCCLA argued that refusing to allow the appellants to advertise on … Read More
The question raised by this argument was whether government entities have the right to control the content of the expression that took place on the side of buses. The BCCLA argued that refusing to allow the appellants to advertise on … Read More
The BCCLA restricts its submissions to two questions that arise as a matter of the interpretation of the Police Act, R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 367. The first question concerns the participatory rights of complainants in a hearing called into the disciplinary … Read More
The Plaintiffs in this action challenge decisions taken by the Board of Directors of the Defendants, The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) and British Columbia Transit (BC Transit), which caused the Defendants not to accept certain advertisements (the “Ads”) which … Read More
Both Defendants admit that they refused to permit the Ads, but each says that it is not a government to which the Charter applies, there was no infringement of section 2(b) of the Charter, in any event, and, if there … Read More
At the heart of this case is the balance that must be struck between the rights of a public servant to free political and religious expression in the public forum on the one hand, and the rights of strudents to … Read More
This case is one of great importance in the long and continuing struggle to ensure that the Rule of Law runs inside Canadian prisons. The case is about the crucial role of judicial intervention, involving both the jurisdiction of the … Read More
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