CLAS’s client, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), started its court case to challenge BC’s laws governing consent to treatment for involuntary psychiatric patients over nine years ago. On the last day of what was a lengthy […]
More Involuntary Care Doesn’t Work. What BC Should Do Instead: We need a compassionate, properly resourced mental health system.
Kevin Love in The Tyee
The number of people being detained under B.C.’s Mental Health Act has increased dramatically over the last two […]
In this series, we build on the foundations of our “Intro to Judicial Review” series to learn more about the issues arise in judicial reviews.
Please note, this guide does not constitute legal advice and should not be […]
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of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) – a nationally respected disability rights organization – from challenging BC’s outdated […]
In this series, we build on the foundations of our “Intro to Judicial Review” series to learn more about the issues arise in judicial reviews.
Please note, this guide does not constitute legal advice and should not be […]
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government of British Columbia is continuing its five-year campaign to prevent the courts from reviewing the province’s outdated and unconstitutional Mental Health Act (the “MHA”).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 […]
In Part 6 of our “Intro to Judicial Review” blog series we explore Procedural Fairness – what does it mean and what does it include?
1. What is Judicial Review?
2. Stay Applications
3. Administrative Tribunals
4. Glossary
5. The […]
A judge on judicial review will only overturn a decision of an administrative tribunal if it contains very serious errors. How serious does the error have to be and where does patent unreasonableness fit in? We answer your questions here.
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The Council of Canadians with Disabilities v. Attorney General of BC court case challenges the “deemed consent” laws in the Mental Health Act and related legislation. “Deemed consent” means that the law says all involuntary patients have consented to any […]
All the key Judicial Review terms explained in one place.
1. What is Judicial Review?
2. Stay Applications
3. Administrative Tribunals
4. Glossary
5. The Basics of Patent Unreasonableness
6. The Basics of Procedural Fairness
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Please note, this […]
