Victoria (City) v. Adams et al.

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeRoss, J.
Citation2008 BCSC 1363,[2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 976 (SC),[2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 976
Date14 October 2008
Subject MatterPRACTICE,CIVIL RIGHTS,CRIMINAL LAW

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    • Canada
    • 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......
  • Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Fundamental Justice. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • September 8, 2012
    ...( 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 by-law prohibiting the erection of temporary shelters in public pa......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Fundamental Justice. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • September 8, 2012
    ...v Tsioubris, 2001 SCC 20 ............................................................. 279 Victoria (City) v Adams, 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363 .................................................................... 64, 75, 87–88, 147, 154 Village of Hoffman Estates v Flipside, Hoffman......
  • 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......
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  • Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • 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......
  • Ricketts v Veerisingnam
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 19, 2025
    ...v. Hamilton (City), 2024 ONSC 7154 at para. 13; Poff v. City of Hamilton, 2021 ONSC 7224, 498 C.R.R. (2d) 83; Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2008 BCSC 1363, 88 B.C.L.R. (4th) 116 at para. 145 aff'd 2009 BCCA 563, 100 B.C.L.R. (4th) 28 at para. 4 6 103 Considering human rights interests aligns wi......
  • British Columbia/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors v. Abbotsford (City)
    • 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......
  • Banni v Coast Foundation Society (1974) (Coast Mental Health)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 1, 2025
    ...to the situation of homeless people sheltering outside” (para. 120): [121] The s. 7 right was addressed in Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2008 BCSC 1363 [ Adams BCSC] aff'd 2009 BCCA 563 [ Adams BCCA], where the Court of Appeal articulated that homelessness engages the liberty exercisable when t......
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  • Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Fundamental Justice. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • September 8, 2012
    ...( 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 by-law prohibiting the erection of temporary shelters in public pa......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Fundamental Justice. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • September 8, 2012
    ...v Tsioubris, 2001 SCC 20 ............................................................. 279 Victoria (City) v Adams, 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363 .................................................................... 64, 75, 87–88, 147, 154 Village of Hoffman Estates v Flipside, Hoffman......
  • 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......
  • Get Started for Free