Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. F54
| Judge | Ehrcke, J. |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Case Date | December 15, 2008 |
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Citations | [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. F54;2008 BCSC 1726 |
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Bedford v. Canada,
...see Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society v. Attorney General (Canada) (2008), 305 D.L.R. (4th) 713, 2008 BCSC 1726, currently under appeal to the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Ehrcke J. stated at para. 48: The impugned laws do not presently cause Ms. Kiselbach t......
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Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2012) 325 B.C.A.C. 1 (SCC)
...safety, and the potential loss of social services, income assistance, clientele and employment opportunities (chambers judge's reasons, 2008 BCSC 1726, 90 B.C.L.R. (4th) 177, at paras. 29 and 44). [7] The respondents commenced an action challenging the constitutional validity of sections of......
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Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2012) 434 N.R. 257 (SCC)
...safety, and the potential loss of social services, income assistance, clientele and employment opportunities (chambers judge's reasons, 2008 BCSC 1726, 90 B.C.L.R. (4th) 177, at paras. 29 and 44). [7] The respondents commenced an action challenging the constitutional validity of sections of......
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British Columbia/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors v. Abbotsford (City), [2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1817
...or second, a public interest. [26] In Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2008 BCSC 1726, Mr. Justice Ehrcke considered the authorities relating to the issue of standing. At paras. 53 - 58, he wrote: [53] Until the mid-1970s it was ge......
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8 cases
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Bedford v. Canada,
...see Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society v. Attorney General (Canada) (2008), 305 D.L.R. (4th) 713, 2008 BCSC 1726, currently under appeal to the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Ehrcke J. stated at para. 48: The impugned laws do not presently cause Ms. Kiselbach t......
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Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2012) 325 B.C.A.C. 1 (SCC)
...safety, and the potential loss of social services, income assistance, clientele and employment opportunities (chambers judge's reasons, 2008 BCSC 1726, 90 B.C.L.R. (4th) 177, at paras. 29 and 44). [7] The respondents commenced an action challenging the constitutional validity of sections of......
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Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2012) 434 N.R. 257 (SCC)
...safety, and the potential loss of social services, income assistance, clientele and employment opportunities (chambers judge's reasons, 2008 BCSC 1726, 90 B.C.L.R. (4th) 177, at paras. 29 and 44). [7] The respondents commenced an action challenging the constitutional validity of sections of......
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British Columbia/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors v. Abbotsford (City), [2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1817
...or second, a public interest. [26] In Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2008 BCSC 1726, Mr. Justice Ehrcke considered the authorities relating to the issue of standing. At paras. 53 - 58, he wrote: [53] Until the mid-1970s it was ge......
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4 books & journal articles
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Male Violence Against Women in Prostitution: Weighing Feminist Legislative Responses to a Troubling Canadian Phenomenon
...both private and public interest standing: Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society v. Attorney General (Canada) , 2008 BCSC 1726. SWUAV is appealing this decision and its Notice of Appeal and Factum are available online: PIVOT . In Ontario, Terri Jean Bedford, a former......
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B.C. Health Services: the legacy after 18 months.
...employees from union membership because of conduct during election of union officers is internal matter not involving state action). (23) 2008 BCSC 1726 (24) Ibid., at para. 75. I fail to see why pending litigation elsewhere should be such a controlling factor to defeat standing for these a......
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Shifting the focus: restorative justice and sex work.
...items 1(a)-(i) of the Amended Statement of Claim filed in Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUA V) v. Canada (A.G.) 2008 BCSC 1726; qtd. in Pivot, Sex Work Law Reform: (20) As Sanghera (2005) notes, when foreign "rescuers" come in to "rescue" migrant workers who have b......
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Public opinion on prostitution law reform in Canada.
...2010 ONSC 4264 (Joint Application Record). Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United against Violence Society and Sheryl Kiselbach v Canada 2008 BCSC 1726. Notes (1) Thanks to Chris Atchison, Ki Bournes, and three anonymous reviewers for their comments on a draft of this (2) We use the term pros......