These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
BCCLA and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers sue federal government to end second-class citizenship in Canada On August 20, 2015, the BCCLA and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) launched a constitutional challenge to Bill C-24, which creates two classes … Read More
BCCLA and John Howard Society Sue Federal Government Over Solitary Confinement in Canadian Prisons On January 19, 2015, the BCCLA and the John Howard Society of Canada filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General of Canada challenging the use of … Read More
The issue in World Bank Group v. Kevin Wallace et al is whether an international organization such as the World Bank — having conducted an investigation that resulted in domestic criminal charges in Canada— can place its investigative files beyond … Read More
The issue in this case is whether individuals who have been denied bail as a result of prior convictions should be able to receive credit for time they served in jail prior to sentencing. In the normal course, a person … Read More
R. v. Jordan and R. v. Williamson, These cases concern the right to be tried within a reasonable time. The accused individuals in these cases endured 45 and 35 months of delay, respectively, in getting to trial. These delays are … Read More
The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students and three individuals have filed a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Fair Elections Act that prevent voters from using their Voter Identification Card as a piece of identification on voting … Read More
The plaintiffs in this case are challenging three city bylaws that have been used to displace Abbotsford’s homeless population from public spaces throughout the city. In October 2013, a number of homeless individuals began living together on a small portion … Read More
This case concerns a request for extradition by the United States of America. M.M. is a Canadian citizen born in Quebec. She is accused of abducting her children from the United States and fleeing to Canada. M.M. claims that she … Read More
The BCCLA and a member of a University of Victoria pro-life club (Youth Protecting Youth) filed a constitutional lawsuit naming the University of Victoria and its Student Society, seeking relief from the persistent, illegal censorship of the civil, peaceful expression … Read More
This case concerns the constitutionality of s. 117 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Section 117 criminalizes what is colloquially known as “human smuggling.” On January 11, 2013, Justice Silverman of the BC Supreme Court found s. 117 of IRPA … Read More
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