CLAS Newsletter
The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) in 2023 released our newsletter “CLAS Action”.
- CLAS Action Volume III – November 2023
- CLAS Action Volume II – July 2023
- CLAS Action Volume I – May 2023
New free legal service provides help for anyone in British Columbia who has experienced sexual assault
For Immediate Release
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 […]
B.C. Supreme Court Sets Aside Settlement Due to Intense Pressure and Unfair Severance by Arbitrator
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 […]
Increase in Provincial Funding to the Community Legal Assistance Society’s Human Rights Clinic
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 […]
Human Rights Tribunal orders $150,000 in compensation for Indigenous mother in child welfare case
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 […]
Community Legal Assistance Society Launches Campaign to Restrict Non-Disclosure Agreements in Sexual Harassment Cases in British Columbia
(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 […]
Supreme Court of Canada Rules Charter Challenge to Forced Psychiatric Treatment Laws Can Continue
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 […]
BC Government’s Quest to Halt Charter Challenge to BC’s Unconstitutional Mental Health Act Continues at the SCC
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 […]
Please join us at the Renate Shearer Award Event & International Human Rights Day Celebration!
Please join us at the Renate Shearer Award Event & International Human Rights Day Celebration!
We invite you to a virtual celebration of the 33rd Anniversary presentation of the Renate Shearer Award and to commemorate the 73rd Anniversary of the Universal Declaration […]
Changes to Employment Insurance (2021)
There are changes to the EI program starting September 27, 2021. All these changes will be in effect for one year. Here is an overview:
- Qualifying for EI: You must have worked 420 hours – usually in the last year – […]