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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 665

R. v. Cooke

The court upheld a warrantless arrest, rejected a s. 10(b) delay claim, and found a custodial strip search of Mr. Otchere reasonable under s. 8.

  • Warrantless arrest
  • Reasonable and probable grounds
  • Right to counsel s.10(b)
  • Unreasonable search s.8
  • Strip search standards
  • Charter remedies s.24
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Administrative law 2020 FCA 110

Lafrenière v. Canada (Attorney General)

The factual basis of the appellant's pleaded wrongs (events of 2009 and the ensuing military investigation) is the same factual basis for which he receives disability awards under the Veterans Well-being Act; therefore s.9 of the CLPA bars the action (including alleged Charter remedies) and the Federal Court did not err in principle; moreover the motion record decisions could be considered on r.221 given they were referenced and not challenged; however the Federal Court erred in allowing any part of the claim to continue and the claim should have been struck in its entirety.

  • Crown liability and proceedings act s.9
  • Federal courts rules r.221 strike
  • Veterans well-being act compensation
  • Charter remedies s.24
  • Conversion of application to action s.18.4(2) federal courts act
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Constitutional law 2013 BCSC 1243

L’Association des parents de l’école Rose-des-vents v. Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique

The court dismissed a request for a mandatory order and reporting regime to secure French-language school facilities in Vancouver, and also dismissed a stay application.

  • Section 23 minority-language education
  • Declaratory relief
  • Interim injunctions
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Reporting orders
  • Charter remedies s.24
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Administrative law 2012 BCSC 1976

Williams v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles)

Judicial review of a 90-day driving prohibition was dismissed. The Court held Williams was a driver, the adjudicator lacked Charter-remedial authority, and the provincial scheme was valid.

  • Immediate roadside prohibition
  • Approved screening device (asd) demand
  • Definition of driver
  • Section 215.41 motor vehicle act
  • Section 254 criminal code
  • Right to counsel s.10(b)
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Criminal law 2004 BCSC 304

HMTQ v. Wilder et al

The court dismissed attempts to reopen a lengthy criminal trial, holding that fresh evidence failed the Palmer test, while allowing only a threshold Mack application.

  • Mack application
  • Abuse of process/entrapment
  • Charter remedies s.24
  • Reopening evidence
  • Trial management
  • Threshold for offers of proof
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Constitutional law 2003 BCCA 379

Lawrence v. British Columbia (Attorney General )

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal seeking state-funded counsel for a civil property dispute, finding no arguable Charter basis.

  • Charter remedies s.24
  • Charter s.7
  • State‑funded legal counsel
  • Nominal defendant under land title act
  • Capacity to consent
  • Leave to appeal
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