Case summary This case is about whether the Criminal Code recognizes that a person can consent to sex on the condition that their partner wears a condom. When a person insists on condom use, does their partner commit sexual assault if they sabotage their condom, remove their condom during sex without their partner’s knowledge (a practice often … Read more R. v Kirkpatrick [2021]
This case is about the constitutionality of s. 96 of BC’s child welfare legislation, the Child, Family, and Community Service Act. Under s. 96…
This case is about the constitutionality of certain rules of evidence in criminal sexual assault cases…
This family law case is about access to child support. The case clarified the situations in which a court can reduce a payor’s historical child support…
This case is a challenge to the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) and related provisions…
Case summary These two cases about strategic lawsuits against public participation (“SLAPP suits”) were heard together by the Supreme Court of Canada. SLAPP suits commonly take the form of defamation claims and may often be used to silence dissenting views or to intimidate. Defamation claims are increasingly being used as a legal weapon against survivors … Read more Maia Bent, et al. v Howard Platnick, et al.; 1704604 Ontario Limited v Pointes Protection Association, et al. [2019]
This appeal concerned a family law dispute between A.B., a 14-year-old transgender boy, and his father, C.D. A.B. sought gender-affirming medical treatment. His doctors recommend this…
In BC, most applications for family law legal aid are denied outright or the legal support…
This case is about the ability of public interest organizations to challenge unconstitutional laws on behalf of community…
Case summary This is a family law case concerning the ability of courts to retroactively change a child support order after a child has reached adulthood. The parties resided together as common law spouses for four years, during which time they had a child together. After the end of the relationship, their daughter lived with … Read more Michel v Graydon [2019]