J.C.M. v. A.N.A., [2012] B.C.T.C. Uned. 584
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Judge | Russell, J. |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Subject Matter | PRACTICE,FAMILY LAW |
| Date | 23 April 2012 |
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Table of Cases
...208, 209–10 JAR Leaseholds Ltd v Tormet Ltd, [1965] 1 OR 347, 48 DLR (2d) 97 (CA) ...... 113 JCM v ANA, 2012 BCSC 584 ................................................................................ 12 JE Gibson Holdings v Principal Investments, [1964] SCR 424, 44 DLR (2d) 673 ...................
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What is Property?
..., [1998] EWCA Crim 1578, [1999] QB 621 at 631. 32 See Yearworth v North Bristol NHS Trust , [2009] EWCA Civ 37, [2010] QB 1; JCM v ANA , 2012 BCSC 584. 33 793 P (2d) 479 (1990). 34 United States v Arora , 860 F Supp 1091 (US DC Maryland 1994); Washington University v Catalona , 490 F (3d) 6......
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The Body as Me and Mine: The Case for Property Rights in Attached Body Parts.
...or direct their use in any fashion" (ibid at para 21). See also Lam v University of British Columbia, 2015 BCCA 2 [Lam]; JCM v ANA, 2012 BCSC 584 [JCM]; Hecht v Superior Court, 16 Cal App (4th) 836 (Ct App 1993); Hecht v Superior Court, 50 Cal App (4th) 1289 (Ct App 1996); Bazley v Wesley M......
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Lam v. University of British Columbia, [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 2094
...is not responsible for paying for their storage. That responsibility lies with Ms. C.C. who owns the embryos. [40] In J.C.M. v. A.N.A. , 2012 BCSC 584, Russell J. relied on the decision in C.C. for the proposition that stored sperm is property. She found the reasoning in Yearworth to be per......
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Lam v. University of British Columbia, [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 2094
...is not responsible for paying for their storage. That responsibility lies with Ms. C.C. who owns the embryos. [40] In J.C.M. v. A.N.A. , 2012 BCSC 584, Russell J. relied on the decision in C.C. for the proposition that stored sperm is property. She found the reasoning in Yearworth to be per......
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S.H. v. D.H., 2018 ONSC 4506
...interests of existing children should not be taken into consideration when deciding the usage of reproductive materials: J.C.M. v A.N.A., 2012 BCSC 584. Regardless, the respondent has graduated from a personal support worker program and has the ability to support any resulting [13] &#x......
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Lam v. University of British Columbia, 2015 BCCA 2
...to. [para. 14]. C.C. v. A.W., [2005] A.R. Uned. 339; 2005 ABQB 290, refd to. [para. 14]. J.C.M. v. A.N.A., [2012] B.C.T.C. Uned. 584; 2012 BCSC 584, refd to. [para. Harvard College v. Commissioner of Patents, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 45; 296 N.R. 1, 2002 SCC 76, dist. [para. 20]. Chieu v. Canada (Mi......
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Lam v. B.C. Univ., [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 2142
...any way. There is no question that sperm and embryo specimens are personal property: C.C. v. A.W ., 2005 ABQB 290; and J.C.M. v. A.N.A. , 2012 BCSC 584. [27] I conclude that the Applicant falls within the scope of the current rule. It is in possession of the specimens which are property and......
3 firm's commentaries
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Assisted Human Reproduction: The Use of Genetic Material Post-Separation
...Appeal. The trial level decision in S. H., mirrored an earlier decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court in M.(J.C.) v. A.(A.N.), 2012 BCSC 584. In that case, the Court had to decide which member of same-sex female couple had the authority to direct the use of 13 sperm straws that we......
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Genetic Material As Property: Rethinking The Common Law View
...law indicates that the answer to this question is "yes". In a recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, J.C.M. v. A.N.A., 2012 BCSC 584, it was held that, on the facts of the case, sperm straws (vials of donated sperm) were to be treated as "property" for the purpose of divi......
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Post-Separation, Who Gets The Frozen Embryos?
...support and faces a difficult ethical situation in deciding on whether he wants to have a relationship with the new child. Footnotes 1. 2012 BCSC 584. 2. Ibid at paras 75 and 3. 2015 BCCA 2. 4. 2016 BCSC 1621 at paras 97-100. 5. 2019 ONCA 454. 6. 2018 ONSC 4506. 7. 2020 BCCA 328. The conten......
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Table of Cases
...208, 209–10 JAR Leaseholds Ltd v Tormet Ltd, [1965] 1 OR 347, 48 DLR (2d) 97 (CA) ...... 113 JCM v ANA, 2012 BCSC 584 ................................................................................ 12 JE Gibson Holdings v Principal Investments, [1964] SCR 424, 44 DLR (2d) 673 ...................
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What is Property?
..., [1998] EWCA Crim 1578, [1999] QB 621 at 631. 32 See Yearworth v North Bristol NHS Trust , [2009] EWCA Civ 37, [2010] QB 1; JCM v ANA , 2012 BCSC 584. 33 793 P (2d) 479 (1990). 34 United States v Arora , 860 F Supp 1091 (US DC Maryland 1994); Washington University v Catalona , 490 F (3d) 6......
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The Body as Me and Mine: The Case for Property Rights in Attached Body Parts.
...or direct their use in any fashion" (ibid at para 21). See also Lam v University of British Columbia, 2015 BCCA 2 [Lam]; JCM v ANA, 2012 BCSC 584 [JCM]; Hecht v Superior Court, 16 Cal App (4th) 836 (Ct App 1993); Hecht v Superior Court, 50 Cal App (4th) 1289 (Ct App 1996); Bazley v Wesley M......