Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
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Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, referred to by the acronym
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 LEAF, is a Canadian legal organization that performs legal research and intervenes in appellate
Appeal
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 and Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...

 cases on women's issues. Founded in 1985, LEAF has been an intervener
Intervener
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 in many significant decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, particularly cases involving Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Mandate

To ensure the rights of women and girls in Canada, as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are upheld in our courts, human rights commissions and government agencies; and to take actions to reveal how factors such as race, class, Aboriginal status, sexual orientation, ability, and religion compound discrimination against women.

Notable interventions

  • Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)
    Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)
    Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of expression and equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

    , [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120
  • British Columbia (PSERC) v. BCGSEU
    British Columbia (PSERC) v. BCGSEU
    British Columbia v. British Columbia Government Service Employees' Union [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3, – called Meiorin for short – is a Supreme Court of Canada case that created a unified test to determine if a violation of human rights legislation can be justified as a bona fide occupational...

    [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3
  • M. v. H.
    M. v. H.
    M. v. H. [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the rights of same-sex couples to equal treatment under the Constitution of Canada....

    , [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3
  • Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    Eldridge v. British Columbia [1997] 2 S.C.R. 624, is a leading decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that expanded the application of the charter under section 32 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and was one of the first four rulings proceeding where the Court was sharply divided...

    , [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624
  • Weatherall v. Canada (Attorney General), [1993] 2 S.C.R. 872
  • R. v. Butler
    R. v. Butler
    R. v. Butler, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on pornography and state censorship. In this case, the Court had to balance the right to freedom of expression under section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with women's rights; the outcome has been...

    , [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452
  • Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration)
    Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration)
    Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada , [1992] 1 S.C.R. 236, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada case on the law of standing in Canada...

    , [1992] 1 S.C.R. 236
  • Norberg v. Wynrib
    Norberg v. Wynrib
    Norberg v. Wynrib, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 226 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the fiduciary duty between doctors and patients, and on the limits of consent as a defense in sexual assault....

    , [1992] 2 S.C.R. 224
  • R. v. Sullivan
    R. v. Sullivan
    R. v. Sullivan, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 489 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on negligence and whether a partially born fetus is a person.-Background:Two individuals were hired as midwives, though they were not members of the medical profession...

    , [1991] 1 S.C.R. 489
  • Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1219
  • Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia
    Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia
    Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 SCR 143 is the first Supreme Court of Canada case to deal with section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

    , [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143
  • R. v. J.A.
    R. v. J.A.
    R. v. J.A. is a criminal law decision of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding consent in cases of sexual assaults. The court found that a person can only consent to sexual activity if they are conscious throughout that activity. If a person becomes unconscious during the sexual activity, then...

    , 2011 SCC 28

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