The Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)

JurisdictionNova Scotia
CourtCourt of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
JudgeBeveridge,Bryson,Fichaud
Citation2022 NSCA 64
Date26 October 2022
Docket NumberCA 507668

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15 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2022 NSCA 64 ............................................................. 293, 342, 345 Canadian Council of Churches v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1992] 1 SCR 236, 88 DLR (4th) 193, 132 NR 241 ..........
  • Injunctions to Enforce Public Rights
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...366; Vancouver (City) v O’Flynn-Magee , 2011 BCSC 1647 at para 48; Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Nova Scotia (Attorney General) , 2022 NSCA 64 at paras 75–86 [ CCLA ]. 30 See Ontario (Attorney-General) v Harry (1979), 22 OR (2d) 321 (HCJ); Ontario (Attorney-General) v Yeotes (1980)......
  • Perpetual Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...from conjecture rather than from some existing injury that 39 Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Nova Scotia (Attorney General) , 2022 NSCA 64 at para 53. 40 Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 183 v Castellano , 2020 ONCA 71 at para 25. 41 Grosz v Guo , 2020 BCSC 997......
  • Bancroft v. Nova Scotia (Lands and Forestry)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • December 13, 2022
    ...v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62; The Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2022 NSCA 64; Cardinal v. Director of Kent Institution, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 643; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Canad......
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12 cases
  • Bancroft v. Nova Scotia (Lands and Forestry)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • December 13, 2022
    ...v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62; The Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2022 NSCA 64; Cardinal v. Director of Kent Institution, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 643; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Canad......
  • Nova Scotia Civil Liberties Association v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • June 28, 2023
    ...rights of litigants. 2. “A sufficiently adversarial context exists… In the recent case of Canadian Civil Liberties Association… “CCLA” [2022 NSCA 64] the Court of Appeal overturned an Injunction Order that was issued by the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in May 2021 against certain individuals, ......
  • Park v. Manulife Bank/Financial, et al
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 22, 2025
    ...C.C.L.T. (4th) 1 (Ont. C.A.), citing this passage at para. 25; The Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2022 NSCA 64 (N.S. C.A.), citing this passage at para. [51]        Manulife has proven that it is entitled to sell th......
  • Tatlock v British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • June 5, 2025
    ...of review: see, for example, Kassian 2025; Warner; Beaudoin; Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2022 NSCA 64; Gateway Bible Baptist Church et al v. Manitoba, 2023 MBCA 56; Lewis v. Alberta Health Services, 2022 ABCA 359; and Ben Naoum v. Canada (Attorney......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Injunctions to Enforce Public Rights
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...366; Vancouver (City) v O’Flynn-Magee , 2011 BCSC 1647 at para 48; Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Nova Scotia (Attorney General) , 2022 NSCA 64 at paras 75–86 [ CCLA ]. 30 See Ontario (Attorney-General) v Harry (1979), 22 OR (2d) 321 (HCJ); Ontario (Attorney-General) v Yeotes (1980)......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2022 NSCA 64 ............................................................. 293, 342, 345 Canadian Council of Churches v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1992] 1 SCR 236, 88 DLR (4th) 193, 132 NR 241 ..........
  • Perpetual Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...from conjecture rather than from some existing injury that 39 Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Nova Scotia (Attorney General) , 2022 NSCA 64 at para 53. 40 Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 183 v Castellano , 2020 ONCA 71 at para 25. 41 Grosz v Guo , 2020 BCSC 997......