Victoria (City) v. Adams et al., 2008 BCSC 1363

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeRoss, J.
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
Subject MatterPRACTICE,CIVIL RIGHTS,CRIMINAL LAW
Citation2008 BCSC 1363,[2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 976 (SC),[2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 976
Date14 October 2008
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  • Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2010) 294 B.C.A.C. 70 (CA)
    • Canada
    • British Columbia Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • October 12, 2010
    ...272 D.L.R.(4th) 55; 2006 FC 971, refd to. [para. 50]. Victoria (City) v. Adams et al., [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 976; 299 D.L.R.(4th) 193; 2008 BCSC 1363, revd. (2009), 280 B.C.A.C. 237; 474 W.A.C. 237; 313 D.L.R.(4th) 29; 100 B.C.L.R.(4th) 28; 2009 BCCA 563, refd to. [paras. 50, R. v. Cunningh......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...CCC (3d) 414, [1997] OJ No 2487 (CA) ............................................... 334 Victoria (City) v Adams, 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363 ...............................................................73, 85, 102, 181, 188 Village of Hoffman Estates v Flipside, Hoffman Estates, ......
  • Engaging Section 7
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...interest that is not protected under s 7: see Section D(5), below in this chapter. 252 Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363 at para 145 [ Victoria ( City )]. Contrast Abbotsford (City) v Shantz , 2015 BCSC 1909 at para 181, where a municipal prohibition on temporary......
  • Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...( sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG) ), 2008 BCSC 661 [ PHS 2008]. In Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge’s holding that a municipal bylaw prohibiting the erection of temporary shelters in public par......
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28 cases
  • Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2010) 294 B.C.A.C. 70 (CA)
    • Canada
    • British Columbia Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • October 12, 2010
    ...272 D.L.R.(4th) 55; 2006 FC 971, refd to. [para. 50]. Victoria (City) v. Adams et al., [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 976; 299 D.L.R.(4th) 193; 2008 BCSC 1363, revd. (2009), 280 B.C.A.C. 237; 474 W.A.C. 237; 313 D.L.R.(4th) 29; 100 B.C.L.R.(4th) 28; 2009 BCCA 563, refd to. [paras. 50, R. v. Cunningh......
  • British Columbia/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors v. Abbotsford (City), [2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1817
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 29, 2014
    ...1421, Vancouver (City) v. Maurice , 2005 BCCA 37, Provincial Capital Commission v. Johnston , 2005 BCSC 1397, Victoria (City) v. Adams , 2008 BCSC 1363, varied on appeal, 2009 BCCA 563, Johnston v. Victoria (City) , 2010 BCSC 1707, upheld 2011 BCCA 400, Vancouver (City) v. O'Flynn-Magee , 2......
  • Bamberger v. Vancouver (Board of Parks and Recreation),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 13, 2022
    ...As recognized by the seminal decision in Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2009 BCCA 563 [Adams BCCA], aff’g 2008 BCSC 1363 [Adams BCSC], where there are inadequate indoor shelter spaces to accommodate persons genuinely experiencing homelessness, those persons are entitled to erect overnig......
  • Victoria (City) v. Adams et al., [2009] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1043
    • Canada
    • British Columbia Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 30, 2009
    .... The City contended that the prohibition was necessary to preserve and maintain the City's parks. [2] In reasons for judgment indexed at 2008 BCSC 1363, I concluded that a significant number of people had no choice but to sleep outside in the City's parks or streets. The City's Bylaws proh......
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9 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...CCC (3d) 414, [1997] OJ No 2487 (CA) ............................................... 334 Victoria (City) v Adams, 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363 ...............................................................73, 85, 102, 181, 188 Village of Hoffman Estates v Flipside, Hoffman Estates, ......
  • Engaging Section 7
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...interest that is not protected under s 7: see Section D(5), below in this chapter. 252 Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363 at para 145 [ Victoria ( City )]. Contrast Abbotsford (City) v Shantz , 2015 BCSC 1909 at para 181, where a municipal prohibition on temporary......
  • Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...( sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG) ), 2008 BCSC 661 [ PHS 2008]. In Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge’s holding that a municipal bylaw prohibiting the erection of temporary shelters in public par......
  • Rights-Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada. The Charter Framework
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Advancing Social Rights in Canada
    • June 15, 2014
    ...The appeal was heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal 26–28 May 2014. 194 Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 172 [ Adams (CA)], aff’g 2008 BCSC 1363 [ Adams (SC)]. 195 See, generally, Young, “Rights, the Homeless, and Social Change,” above note 3; Martha Jackman, “ Charter Remedies for Socio......
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