Legal Aid Denied: Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC Report
In September 2004, we released a report entitled Legal Aid Denied: Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC. Publications
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Transforming Women’s Future
Read Transforming Women’s Future – A Guide to Equality Rights Theory and Law. Publications
Smith v Funk; Amos v Virk [2003]
Case summary ICBC represented the defendants (Funk and Virk) and were seeking direct production of the plaintiff’s records from a third party. In Smith, ICBC wanted copies of all the records of Smith’s history of receiving financial assistance from the Ministry of Human Resources. In Amos, ICBC sought medical records from third parties. In both cases the … Read more Smith v Funk; Amos v Virk [2003]
Civil Legal Rights of Abused Women Report
In 2003, we released a report entitled Civil Legal Rights of Abused Women: A Transformative Public Legal Education Project. Publications
R v Demers [2003]
Case summary This case was about whether freedom of expression should be contained in order to guarantee the right to unimpeded access to abortion services. West Coast LEAF’s involvement In 2003, West Coast LEAF intervened in this case, as a member of a coalition, and argued that freedom of expression should be contained in order … Read more R v Demers [2003]
Queer as Family Report
In January 2002, we released a report entitled Queer as Family: The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered Families in B.C. Publications
Blencoe v Willis & the BCHRC et al [2001]
Case summary In this case, the Court ordered that the sexual harassment complaints against former BC Cabinet Minister Robin Blencoe must proceed. The British Columbia Court of Appeal previously stayed the complaints, agreeing that the Tribunal had lost jurisdiction to hear the complaints. West Coast LEAF’s involvement LEAF intervened in the case because of its importance … Read more Blencoe v Willis & the BCHRC et al [2001]
BCGEU v PSERC [1999]
Case summary This case involves a woman, Tawney Meiorin, who worked as an initial attack forest firefighter for two years and was laid off from her position after she failed to pass a running portion of a physical fitness test. She had passed three other portions of the physical fitness test. The running test required … Read more BCGEU v PSERC [1999]
R v Lewis [1996]
Case summary The scope of the Coalition’s (including LEAF, the Elizabeth Bagshaw Society, Every Woman’s Health Centre Society (1988), the BC Women’s CARE Program, and the BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics) intervention was to make submissions under section 1 of the Charter as to why the Access to Abortion Services Act, which creates access zones around abortion clinics and the homes of abortion service … Read more R v Lewis [1996]
R v O’Connor [1995]
Case summary In 1991, Bishop O’Connor was charged with rape and indecent assault of four Indigenous women at a residential school in Williams Lake, BC. During the pre-trial process, the judge ordered the disclosure of all records of therapists, counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists who had treated the complainants in relation to sexual assault or sexual … Read more R v O’Connor [1995]