CASE SUMMARY Schrenk v British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is a case about the scope of discrimination regarding employment in British Columbia’s Human Rights Code. Specifically, the Supreme Court of Canada considered whether protection from discrimination in the workplace Read More
BCCLA and JHSC v Canada [2017]
CASE SUMMARY This case is a Charter challenge to the use of solitary confinement in Canadian federal prisons. Under the regime challenged in this case, federally incarcerated persons can be placed in a type of solitary confinement called administrative Read More
Denton v British Columbia (Workers Compensation Board) [2017]
CASE SUMMARY Denton v British Columbia (Workers Compensation Board) is a case about the proper venue for a workers’ compensation claimant to raise a Charter challenge. Specifically, this case considers whether a claimant is foreclosed from launching a Charter Read More
In the Matter of an Inquiry Pursuant to Section 63(1) of the Judges Act regarding the Hon. Justice Robin Camp [2016]
Case Summary This Inquiry concerns the conduct of a judge while he presided over a sexual assault trial (R v Wagar) as a judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, including the judge’s remarks that: “sex and pain sometimes Read More
JP v British Columbia [2016]
Case summary This case concerns when and how civil liability can arise from the actions of child protection workers in response to reports of suspected child abuse. JP, a mother of four children, brought a successful claim against the Read More
College of Massage Therapists of BC v Scott [2015]
Case summary The case is about when and how the governing bodies of healthcare professions can act to protect the public in response to a complaint of sexual misconduct. The College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia received a Read More
Lloyd v R [2015]
Case summary The case challenged the constitutionality of section 5(3)(a)(i)(D) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which created a mandatory minimum jail sentence of one year for drug trafficking in certain situations. In particular, the case looked at Read More
TWU and Volkenant v Law Society of BC [2015]
Case Summary This case concerns the BC government’s approval of a proposed faculty of law at Trinity Western University (TWU), an evangelical Christian post-secondary institution in Langley. TWU requires all of its students and staff to sign a Community Covenant that Read More