Sentences with phrase «cla intervened in the case»

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West Coast LEAF and the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) were jointly granted leave to intervene in Denton v British Columbia, a case that addresses whether a claimant who was denied workers compensation benefits is barred from challenging that denial on equality grounds under the Charter because she did not raise the argument at an earlier stage of her case.

West Coast LEAF and CLAS are intervening in the case, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users v. DVBIA and COV, to argue that evidentiary requirements to show discrimination under the BC Human Rights Code must not themselves create additional barriers to accessing justice for populations facing historic disadvantage and marginalization.

West Coast LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) intervened in the case in coalition with the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) at both the BCSC and BCCA levels to highlight the impact of harassment, removals and exclusions on the marginalized population of street homeless in Vancouver and on the need for a flexible and contextual approach to proving discrimination in human rights law.

Today West Coast LEAF and CLAS received leave to intervene in Denton, an important case for ensuring that people navigating these systems — especially claimants who experience multiple layers of inequality — do not experience unreasonable barriers to accessing remedies based on alleged violations of Charter rights.

In April 2015, West Coast LEAF and CLAS intervened jointly in this case at the BC Supreme Court to argue that the evidence required to establish discrimination under the law must take into account people's lived realities and not create needless, additional barriers to accessing justicIn April 2015, West Coast LEAF and CLAS intervened jointly in this case at the BC Supreme Court to argue that the evidence required to establish discrimination under the law must take into account people's lived realities and not create needless, additional barriers to accessing justicin this case at the BC Supreme Court to argue that the evidence required to establish discrimination under the law must take into account people's lived realities and not create needless, additional barriers to accessing justice.