Sentences with phrase «as intervener in this case»

Currently, there are 29 groups listed as interveners in the case between the Law Society of Upper Canada and Trinity Western University, including LGBTQ groups who disagree with the school's policies and say they are discriminatory.

A legal team from the Ontario Legal Clinics» Workers» Compensation Network represented ONIWG and obtained standing as an intervener in the cases of Martin and Laseur from Nova Scotia.

As an intervener in the case, West Coast LEAF will argue that human rights law must recognize and remedy sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination as expressions of power that do not necessarily map neatly onto workplace hierarchies.

Not exact matches

The questions were really probing around the salient issues,» said John Suttles, a lawyer for the Southern Environmental Law Center who represented the American Lung Association as an environmental intervener in the case.

«If victims are mad at anybody, they should not be mad at the courts, they should be mad at governments, which have consistently made business decisions to underfund the system in the expectations that judges will let them off the hook,» said lawyer Frank Addario, who represented Ontario's Criminal Lawyers» Association as an intervener in the Jordan case.

As a coalition of interveners in the Supreme Court of Canada case, R. v. Lloyd, we applaud the Court for recognizing that a mandatory minimum sentence (MMS) for certain drug offences is not only harsh and damaging, but also unconstitutional.

He recently represented the Indigenous Bar Association when it participated as an intervener before the Supreme Court of Canada in the Tsilhqot» in Nation v. British Columbia land claim case.

(Ontario did not challenge the appointments in these cases, but the issue of whether it was appropriate to appoint amici to, in effect, act as defence counsel, was raised by two of the six interveners, the Attorneys General of British Columbia and Quebec).

Over the previous year, Anand also acted as Constitutional Litigator in Residence at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, representing the centre in a number of high - profile cases, including as an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada in the constitutional test case of Jessica Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator.

The case has drawn interest from more than a dozen interveners, including the Attorneys General of Ontario and Canada, as well as a number of civil rights and media organizations, who have weighed in on how such an order would affect free speech rights, international comity, and access to justice.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

The case was supported by a coalition of interveners who argued that defamation disputes should be handled under civil law and that criminal prosecutions should be brought only in matters such as incitement to violence.

Elizabeth - Anne Gumbel QC, Henry Witcomb and Duncan Fairgrieve appear as interveners in the Supreme Court cases on Deprivation of Liberty - Oct 2013

She was previously the International Legal Adviser at REDRESS which acted as a third party intervener in the case.

REM: As much as you and your leadership team want to focus on determining the future of organized real estate, the Competition Bureau's constant focus on this industry continues to impact CREA's agenda — a case in point was CREA's recent request for intervener status in the bureau's action against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and its Virtual Office Website (VOW) policieAs much as you and your leadership team want to focus on determining the future of organized real estate, the Competition Bureau's constant focus on this industry continues to impact CREA's agenda — a case in point was CREA's recent request for intervener status in the bureau's action against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and its Virtual Office Website (VOW) policieas you and your leadership team want to focus on determining the future of organized real estate, the Competition Bureau's constant focus on this industry continues to impact CREA's agenda — a case in point was CREA's recent request for intervener status in the bureau's action against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and its Virtual Office Website (VOW) policies.