Significant Cases
ARCH has a long history of legal advocacy in tribunals and the courts, including at the Supreme Court of Canada. ARCH represents individuals and disability groups in significant disability-related cases. These include cases where a court or tribunal is looking at an issue for the first time, where an appellate court is deciding an issue that will affect a large number of people, or where there is a disability analysis that should be brought to the litigation. Other types of cases are referred to community legal clinics or to lawyers in private practice.
The following are some of the cases in which ARCH has been involved.
Supreme Court of Canada
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Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays, 2008 SCC 39, [2008] 2 SCR 362
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Council of Canadians with Disabilities v. VIA Rail Canada Inc., 2007 SCC 15, [2007] 1 SCR 650
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McGill University Health Centre (Montreal General Hospital) v. Syndicat des employés de l'Hôpital général de Montréal, 2007 SCC 4, [2007] 1 SCR 161
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Tranchemontagne v. Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program), 2006 SCC 14, [2006] 1 SCR 513
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Hilewitz v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration); De Jong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 SCC 57, [2005] 2 SCR 706
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Nova Scotia (Minister of Health) v. J.J., 2005 SCC 12, [2005] 1 SCR 177
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Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2004 SCC 78, [2004] 3 SCR 657
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Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E., 2004 SCC 66, [2004] 3 SCR 381
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Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board) v. Martin; Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board) v. Laseur, 2003 SCC 54, [2003] 2 SCR 504
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Lovelace v. Ontario, 2000 SCC 37, [2000] 1 SCR 950
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Grismer v. British Columbia (Super. of Motor Vehicles), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 868
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R. v. LePage, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 744
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Orlowski v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Inst.), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 733
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Bese v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 722
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Winko v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 625
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Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624
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Eaton v. Brant County Board of Education, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 241.
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Battlefords and District Co-operative v. Gibbs, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 566
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Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519
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Central Okanagan School District No. 23 v. Renaud, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 970
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Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 236
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Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143
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Bhinder v. Canadian National Railway Company, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 561
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Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Simpson-Sears, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 536
Federal Courts
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Harris v. Canada (Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development), 2009 FCA 22, [2009] 4 FCR 330
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National Capital Commission v. Brown, 2008 FC 733(Federal Court), FC 733
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Canada (Human Resources Development) v. Marsden, 2007 FCA 395
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Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Colaco, 2007 FCA 282
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Simser v. Canada, 2004 FCA 414 (Federal Court of Appeal)
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Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. M.N.R., 2003 FC 1280, [2004] 1 FCR 679
