Cases
Some of our important cases range from the protection of human rights in the area of employment discrimination, prisoner rights, harassment of First Nations, defense of civil rights and advocacy in cases of racial and religious profiling.
Browne v Ontario Police Services Board
, SC-23-164762
Charter claim resulting in a declaration that the Board violated the plaintiffs’ s. 2(b) Charter rights by depriving them of meaningful and effective participation in public meetings, and awarding $2,500 in Charter damages.
Toth v. Canada (Mental Health and Addictions)
, 2025 FCA 119
Successful judicial review overturning the Minister of Health’s refusal of 96 healthcare practitioners’ requests under CDSA s. 56(1) for experiential training with psilocybin.
Lance v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2024 FC 787
Successful judicial review overturning the Minister of Health’s refusal to grant Special Access Program authorization to treat a cluster headache patient with psilocybin.
Hameed v. Canada (Prime Minister)
, 2024 FC 242
Successful application for a declaration that the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice have a duty to advise and consent to the appointment of judges in a timely manner to reduce the unacceptable number of judicial vacancies.
Ariaratnam v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2023 FC 1248
Successful judicial review overturning the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s preliminary dismissal of a discrimination complaint against CSIS because the applicant had previously gone before the National Security Intelligence Review Agency.
Chaif v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2022 FC 182
Successful judicial review of a Parole Board of Canada decision denying of day parole.
Gordillo v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2022 FCA 23
Judicial review of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner’s decision not to investigate Canadian Embassy wrongdoing leading to the murder of an Indigenous human rights defender in Mexico.
Turcanu v. Fitzpatrick
, 2021 ONSC 7656
Successfully defended against a motion to strike a claim alleging harassment and bullying in high performance sporting.
Scheiring v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety)
, 2020 FC 651
Prisoner transfer case finding the Minister’s conclusion about the applicant’s danger to public safety unreasonable.
Dupuis v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2015 FC 1137
Judicial Review of Canadian Human Rights Commission decision dismissing complaint of employee of Statistics Canada who alleged failure in the duty to accommodate.
Chaudhry v. Choice Taxi of Cornwall Inc.
, 2012 HRTO 391
Human rights complaint alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices of taxi company.
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
, 2015 CHRT 14
Human rights complaint alleging retaliation by Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development against Director of First Nations advocacy organization for having filed a human rights complaint alleging that the inequitable funding of child welfare services on First Nations reserves amounts to discrimination on the basis of race and national ethnic origin.
Islam v. Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission)
, 2012 NSSC 266
Breach of procedural fairness in Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission investigation process.
Islam v. Dalhousie University
, 2015 NSSC 285
Employee right to pursue arbitration alleging discrimination where employer alleging frustration of contract based on disability.
Tremblay v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2005 FC 339
Federal Court order for Canadian Human Rights Commission to disclose records relating to reasonable apprehension of bias allegation raised by complainant.