Sahyoun et al. v. Ho et al.

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeVoith, J.
Citation2011 BCSC 567,[2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 567 (SC),[2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 567
Date02 May 2011
Subject MatterCOURTS,PRACTICE,CIVIL RIGHTS

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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Advancing Social Rights in Canada
    • June 15, 2014
    ...and the principle of equality being met. 48 2009 NSCA 17 [ Boulter ]. 49 Ibid at para 42. 50 See also Sahyoun (Committee of) v Ho , 2011 BCSC 567, citing Boulter , above note 48. The court found that the requirement of a lawyer to act for a litigation guardian does not violate s 15 of the C......
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    ...courts have cited it for the principle that poverty is not an analogous ground of discrimination: Sahyoun (Committee of) v Ho , 2011 BCSC 567 at para 56; Mackie v Toronto ( City ), 2010 ONSC 3801 at para 69; PD v British Columbia , 2010 BCSC 290 at para 155; and Toussaint v Canada ( Ministe......
  • Sahyoun v. Ho et al.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 12, 2015
    ...May 2, 2011, I stayed Antonios' claim until counsel could be retained to act on his behalf. Those reasons are indexed at Sahyoun v. Ho , 2011 BCSC 567 (the "Stay Reasons"). Until that time, Antonios had been represented by his litigation guardian, Dr. Sahyoun. However, R. 20-2(4) of the Sup......
  • JW v. Newfoundland and Labrador English School District
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
    • June 13, 2025
    ...2002 BCCA 715, Finnegan (Guardian ad litem of) v. Gronow (1998), 19 C.P.C. (4th) 173, 78 A.C.W.S. (3d) 248 (B.C. S.C.); Sayhoun v. Ho, 2011 BCSC 567; Champagne v. Sidorsky, 2012 ABQB 522; Flewelling v. Scotia Island Property Ltd., 2009 NSSC 94   STATUTES CONSIDERED: Constitution Act, 1......
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  • Sahyoun v. Ho et al.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 12, 2015
    ... 2, 2011, I stayed Antonios' claim until counsel could be retained to act on his behalf. Those reasons are indexed at Sahyoun v. Ho , 2011 BCSC 567 (the "Stay Reasons"). Until that time, Antonios had been represented by his litigation guardian, Dr. Sahyoun. However, R. 20-2(4) of the Supre......
  • Sahyoun v. Ho
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • February 16, 2017
    ...of proceedings until such time as the Sahyouns were able to retain counsel to act for Antonios (the “Stay Order”). See Sahyoun v. Ho, 2011 BCSC 567. No appeal was taken from the Stay Order. [9] In his reasons for granting the Stay Order, Voith J. also dismissed Dr. Sahyoun’s cross-applicati......
  • B.F. v. Prince Albert Victoria Hospital et al., 2015 SKQB 237
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • August 10, 2015
    ...of the right to publicly-funded counsel was recently reviewed in a decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court: see Sahyoun v. Ho , 2011 BCSC 567 [ Sahyoun ]. In that case, the court succinctly summarized the foundation for the right as follows: [40] The foundational decision on a right ......
  • Dr. William Imona-Russel v Stephen Zap
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 12, 2024
    ...June 12, 2024 1 R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194 [ Rules]. 2 S.O. 1992, c. 30. 3 Kavuru v. Heselden, 2014 ONSC 6718, at para. 15. 4 Sahyoun v. Ho, 2011 BCSC 567, at para. 5 Rules, r. 21.01(1)(b). 6 R. v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2011 SCC 42, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 45, at para. 17. 7 Imperial Tobacco, at......
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