Summary of Meetings: Constitutional Law/Civil Liberties
Number of Meetings Held:4
November 09, 2021
Registration Count: 67
Guest Speaker: Mark Gervin, LL.B, Gervin Law Adrienne Smith, Adrienne Smith Law Laura Track, Director of Human Rights Clinic & Education
Meeting Title/Topic: BC Vaccine Card: Rights and Wrongs
Synopsis: Explored the constitutional and human rights implications of the recently-introduced BC Vaccine Card.
February 15, 2022
Registration Count: 34
Guest Speaker: Julia Riddle, Nathanson Schacter & Thompson LLP; and Alex Kirby, Arvay Finlay
Meeting Title/Topic: The Right to Housing: CRAB Park
Synopsis: Case comments of Bamberger v. Vancouver (Board of Parks and Recreation), 2022 BCSC 49.
April 14, 2022
Registration Count: 51
Guest Speaker: Robert Danay, Ministry of Attorney General Craig E. Jones, QC, Thompson Rivers University
Meeting Title/Topic: Invoking the Emergencies Act
Synopsis: Discussed the invocation of the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, and the various court challenges by the CCLA, Province of Alberta, and others.
June 30, 2022
Registration Count: 40
Guest Speaker: Sarah Bevan,counsel for the Attorney General of British Columbia Robin Gage, Managing Partner, Arvay Finlay LLP Robert Lapper QC, David & Dorothy Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy, UVic Law Tyna Mason, Section Chair, Moderator
Meeting Title/Topic: A New Form of Access to Justice?: Trial Lawyers Association of BC V. BC (Attorney General)
Synopsis: Sarah Bevan, counsel (Attorney General of BC), Robin Gage, counsel for the appellants (defendants), and access to justice expert Robert Lapper QC to discussed constitutional & access to justice issues related to Trial Lawyers Association of BC V. BC (Attorney General)