A decision awarding $150,000 in damages for discrimination to an Indigenous mom whose children were taken from her and put in foster care has been overturned by a B.C. judge.
B.C. judge overturns ‘unprecedented’ human rights decision – CTVNews
“It’s important for […]
Vancouver, B.C., January 19, 2024
Yesterday, the provincial government announced that supportive housing providers would be exempt from certain provisions of the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) that previously restricted their ability to impose guest restrictions and enter tenants’ suites […]
The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) in 2023 released our newsletter “CLAS Action”.
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
A new program that provides free legal advice to anyone who has experienced sexual assault in B.C. launches today. Stand Informed legal advice services are offered by Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS), a not-for-profit society that […]
On July 27, 2023, the B.C. Supreme Court released a decision that sets limits on Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) arbitrators’ abilities to pressure tenants to accept settlements during arbitration hearings.
The decision in Shaikh v. Brar, 2023 BCSC 1285 will […]
The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) welcomes the provincial government’s increase in funding to improve access to justice for people with human rights claims. The additional funding for CLAS’ Human Rights Clinic will support our Clinic to respond to the growing […]
CLAS is celebrating the decision of the BC Human Rights Tribunal in RR v. Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society. The Tribunal found that our client, referred to as RR in the decision, was discriminated against by the child protection […]
(Vancouver, B.C.) The Community Legal Assistance Society’s SHARP Workplaces Legal Advice Clinic is launching a campaign to advocate for provincial legislation restricting the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in sexual harassment cases. The campaign will raise awareness about the misuse of NDAs […]
June 23, 2022, (Vancouver, BC) Today the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the BC government’s five-year legal campaign aimed at stopping the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) – a nationally respected disability rights organization – from challenging BC’s outdated […]
By Kevin Love, Lawyer with the Community Law Program
Today, the government of British Columbia is continuing its five-year campaign to prevent the courts from reviewing the province’s outdated and unconstitutional Mental Health Act (the “MHA”). After losing in the BC Court […]