West Coast LEAF and Rise Women’s Legal Centre reviewed Bill 27, the Money Judgment Enforcement Act for its potential impacts on survivors of family violence and family law litigants. We are urging the Attorney General to consider these observations: While there are positive changes being proposed in Bill-27, our review has found some areas where … Read more Submissions on Bill 27: the Money Judgment Enforcement Act
Read our 2008 Annual Report to learn about West Coast LEAF’s work for gender justice in the 2007/2008 fiscal year. Publications
Case summary Watson and Spratt challenged the Access to Abortion Services Act, which creates a no-protest (“bubble”) zone around abortion clinics to allow women access to clinic services free of unwanted approaches by anti-abortion protesters. Watson and Spratt argued that the bubble zone law violated their Charter right to freedom of expression. Watson/Spratt is an extension of the Lewis and Demers cases. In R … Read more Watson v R; Spratt v R [2008]
Read our 2007 Annual Report to learn about West Coast LEAF’s work for gender justice in the 2006/2007 fiscal year. Publications
In April 2007, we released our Court Watch Report from 2005-2006. This report is part of our Family Law Project. Publications
The project aims to identify strategies to reduce barriers in the justice system for sexual assault survivors through dialogue among key…
Read our 2006 Annual Report to learn about West Coast LEAF’s work for gender justice in the 2005/2006 fiscal year. Publications
In July 2005, we began the Women’s Equality and Religious Freedom report, which included three phases: a preliminary consultation, advisory committee discussions, and a consultation phase with Vancouver-based faith communities. Each phase included a report: Women’s Equality and Religious Freedom report Phase 1, Women’s Equality and Religious Freedom report Phase 2, and Women’s Equality and … Read more Women’s Equality and Religious Freedom Report
In September 2004, we released a report entitled Legal Aid Denied: Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC. Publications
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]