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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA -- JUDGMENT IN APPEAL

OTTAWA,  2012-09-21.  THE  SUPREME  COURT  OF  CANADA  HAS  TODAY  DEPOSITED  WITH  THE  REGISTRAR  JUDGMENT  IN  THE  FOLLOWING  APPEAL.

FROM:  SUPREME  COURT  OF  CANADA  (613) 995-4330

 

COUR SUPRÊME DU CANADA -- JUGEMENT SUR APPEL

OTTAWA,  2012-09-21.  LA  COUR  SUPRÊME  DU  CANADA  A  DÉPOSÉ  AUJOURD’HUI  AUPRÈS  DU  REGISTRAIRE  LE  JUGEMENT  DANS  L’APPEL  SUIVANT.

SOURCE:  COUR  SUPRÊME  DU  CANADA  (613) 995-4330

 

 

 

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APPEAL / APPEL :

 

Reasons for judgment will be available shortly at: / Motifs de jugement disponibles sous peu à :

http://scc.lexum.org/en/2012/2012scc45/2012scc45.html

http://scc.lexum.org/fr/2012/2012csc45/2012csc45.html

 

33981                    Attorney General of Canada v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society and Sheryl Kiselbach – and – Attorney General of Ontario, Community Legal Assistance Society, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Ecojustice Canada, Coalition of West Coast Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (West Coast LEAF), Justice for Children and Youth, ARCH Disability Law Centre, Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Canadian Council for Refugees, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario and Positive Living Society of British Columbia (B.C.)

                                2012 SCC 45 / 2012 CSC 45

 

Coram: McLachlin C.J. and LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ.

 

The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver), Number CA036762, 2010 BCCA 439, dated October 12, 2010, heard on January 19, 2012, is dismissed with costs.

 

L’appel interjeté contre l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (Vancouver), numéro CA036762, 2010 BCCA 439, en date du 12 octobre 2010, entendu le 19 janvier 2012, est rejeté avec dépens.

 

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