These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association announced on May 22, 2013 that it has settled a lawsuit against the Government of Canada that the BCCLA filed on behalf of BobbyLee Worm, a 26 year-old Aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan who was held … Read More
This appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada considered the constitutionality of s. 193(2)(e) of the Criminal Code, a provision which permits disclosure of intercepted communications to an investigator or prosecutor in a foreign state. The case involved a request … Read More
This appeal concerns a core area of the BCCLA’s concern: an individual’s right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. In this case, the Supreme Court of Canada will consider the legal authority of the police to search the … Read More
This case concerns a claim the Director of Civil Forfeiture (Director) made under British Columbia’s Civil Forfeiture Act based on alleged evidence of a marijuana grow operation. In October 2007, the RCMP seized marijuana plants found at the home of … Read More
This case concerns the constitutional validity of amendments to the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9 (“the Act”) that require voters to prove their identity and residence by prescribed means before casting a ballot in a federal election. The … Read More
This case concerns the ability of RCMP members to unionize. The RCMP is the only major police force in Canada that does not have a union. Two professional organizations formed on behalf of RCMP officers – the Mounted Police Association … Read More
These two cases consider the ability of a trial judge to grant an offender enhanced credit for the time he or she spends in custody between conviction and sentencing. Until 2009, judges would commonly grant an offender credit of 2 … Read More
This case considers whether a Canadian court has jurisdiction over a civil suit for damages arising from the torture of a Canadian citizen by a foreign state, in a foreign state. At play are the limits of sovereign immunity and … Read More
The BCCLA is an intervener in the case. This case concerns the critical role that the provincial superior courts play in ensuring that prisoners have access to meaningful judicial review when their rights inside the prison walls are violated. Among … Read More
Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen who is challenging an order to extradite him to face trial in France in connection with a bombing that took place in Paris in 1980. At issue in this case is the proper legal … Read More
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