Gichuru v. Pallai

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeMacintosh
Citation2018 BCSC 2220
Date03 December 2018
Docket NumberS104191

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7 practice notes
  • Gichuru v. Purewal
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 14, 2018
    ...2014 BCSC 1920, 2014 BCSC 2330, 2015 BCCA 81, 2015 BCCA 189, 2017 BCSC 1083, 2017 BCCA 269, 2017 BCCA 337, 2018 BCCA 78, 2018 BCCA 422, 2018 BCSC 2220. The HRT dismissed the first complaint pursuant to s. 27(1)(d)(ii), finding that it would not serve the purposes of the Human Rights Code to......
  • Gardezi v British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 15, 2025
    ...or that part of the complaint was accepted under section 22 (3). 109 In their submissions, the respondents rely on Gichuru v. Pallai, 2018 BCSC 2220. The petitioner in that case sought a declaration under s. 52 of the Constitution Act 1982 that ss. 27(1)(c) and (d)(ii) of the Code are discr......
  • Gichuru v. Vancouver Swing Society
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • March 9, 2021
    ...to screen complaints under this section, and it relied on cases that discussed or were decided under s. 27 (Gichuru v. Pallai, 2018 BCSC 2220; Bishop obo Resident Hunters Association of B.C. v. B.C. (Ministry of Environment) (No. 2), 2009 BCHRT 72), or which relied on previous Tribunal rule......
  • Gichuru v. Pallai
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 22, 2019
    ...unconstitutional for violating s. 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In the final paragraph of the reasons, indexed at 2018 BCSC 2220, I said this concerning [25] Costs were spoken to briefly. If the Respondents continue to seek costs, they may apply jointly to seek a sin......
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  • Gichuru v. Purewal
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 14, 2018
    ...2014 BCSC 1920, 2014 BCSC 2330, 2015 BCCA 81, 2015 BCCA 189, 2017 BCSC 1083, 2017 BCCA 269, 2017 BCCA 337, 2018 BCCA 78, 2018 BCCA 422, 2018 BCSC 2220. The HRT dismissed the first complaint pursuant to s. 27(1)(d)(ii), finding that it would not serve the purposes of the Human Rights Code to......
  • Gichuru v. Vancouver Swing Society
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • March 9, 2021
    ...to screen complaints under this section, and it relied on cases that discussed or were decided under s. 27 (Gichuru v. Pallai, 2018 BCSC 2220; Bishop obo Resident Hunters Association of B.C. v. B.C. (Ministry of Environment) (No. 2), 2009 BCHRT 72), or which relied on previous Tribunal rule......
  • Gichuru v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • December 22, 2020
    ...separately, and the Tribunal did not attend. [17] On December 3, 2018, Justice Macintosh dismissed the constitutional challenge: 2018 BCSC 2220. He held that s. 27(1) of the Code did not create a distinction based on enumerated or analogous grounds, as being a complainant before the Tribuna......
  • Gichuru v. Pallai
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 22, 2019
    ...unconstitutional for violating s. 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In the final paragraph of the reasons, indexed at 2018 BCSC 2220, I said this concerning [25] Costs were spoken to briefly. If the Respondents continue to seek costs, they may apply jointly to seek a sin......
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