These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
This case raises significant issues about due process and limitations on the Province’s ability to legislate penal or criminal law-like sanctions in addressing regulatory or administrative concerns. It is a constitutional challenge to the “Automatic Roadside Prohibition” (ARP) regime in … Read More
This reference concerns amendments to the B.C. Elections Act establishing new third-party spending limits in connection with provincial elections. The amendments at issue were intended by the government to address the constitutional defect identified by the B.C. Court of Appeal … Read More
Mushen Ahemed Ramadan Agraira married a Canadian woman in 1997 and applied to the government to be allowed to settle in Canada. Mr. Agraira did not hide the fact that he once belonged to a group dedicated to the overthrow … Read More
This case concerns the question of whether an accused can be convicted as a party to a conspiracy to commit murder. At issue is whether a conviction based on aiding or abetting a conspiracy to commit murder is too far … Read More
This case arises from the alleged assault of Yao Wei Wu in 2010 by two members of the Vancouver Police Department. At issue is whether the Police Complaint Commissioner (“PCC”), per the Police Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 367, (the “Act”) … Read More
Documents that support Mr. Richard Colvin’s testimony are being made publicly available by the BCCLA and Amnesty International. Mr. Colvin, a senior diplomat who was stationed in Afghanistan, recently testified before a parliamentary committee that Canadian officials at the highest … Read More
Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v. Chief of Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces, et al. Synopsis Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v. Chief of Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces, General … Read More
This case concerns the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (“MMAR”). The Ontario Superior Court of Justice determined that the MMAR sections of Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that bar marijuana possession and cultivation are unconstitutional because they deprive Mr. Mernagh … Read More
This case concerns the vetting of jury members by the Crown and police. At issue is the right to a fair and impartial trial and whether such jury vetting and non-disclosure of the same to the defendant, affected the overall … Read More
This case concerned the constitutionality of warrantless wiretaps conducted by police under section 184.4 of the Criminal Code. At issue was whether this emergency wiretap provision constituted an “unreasonable search and seizure” under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. … Read More
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