LEAF cases from 1990 to 1994

Case	Description	Year	Facta
The Queen v. Mason	This case dealt with whether counseling records could be ordered as evidence in sexual assault cases in order to determine the credibility of the witness...	1994
Mowers and Whitley v. The Queen	LEAF intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in the appeals of Mowers and Whitley, two of the three men convicted of sexual assault in the gang rape of a young woman...	1994
Conway v. Her Majesty the Queen	This case was brought by Phillip Conway, a prisoner at Collins Bay penitentiary, who argued that female guards should not be conducting certain routine forms of surveillance...	1993
The Queen v. Seaboyer and Gayme	LEAF intervened in this case to urge the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of two men charged with sexual assault, who were challenging the Criminal Code provisions which restricted the brutal cross-examination of sexual assault survivors about their past history and sexual reputation...	1992
The Queen v. Schachter	Shalom Schachter applied for maternity benefits so he could stay at home and care for his child. He was denied because said they were only available for mothers. Schatcher claimed this was sex discrimination...	1992
Norberg v. Wynrib	Laura Norberg tried for five years to sue her doctor, who had demanded sexual contact in exchange for the drugs to which she was addicted. The B.C Court of Appeal dismissed her claim saying that she had consented implicitly and voluntarily to the sexual activity...	1992
Moge v. Moge	Sophia Moge, 55, was a homemaker during the day and a cleaner in the evening when she separated from her husband of 18 years and took custody of their children. After several years, Mr. Moge said he no longer wanted to pay support to his former wife...	1992
Kane et al. v. Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations et al.	With the Congress of Black Women, LEAF intervened in a complaint regarding cross burnings and other racist actions which took place at a meeting sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ Christian Aryan Nations in Alberta...	1992
K.M v. H.M.	KM was prevented from suing her father for sexually assaulting her when she was a child because she missed the legal time limit for bringing a civil action. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that in cases of childhood sexual assault the limitation period should not begin to run until the plaintiff was aware of the harm they had suffered...	1992
Godwin	In British Columbia, working women are routinely denied disability benefits during pregnancy or maternity leave. LEAF took one of the first BC challenges to stop this lingering form of sex discrimination in employment...	1992	none
Canadian Council of Churches v. Her Majesty the Queen and the Minister of Employment and Immigration	The Canadian Council of Churches, an advocacy group, initiated a Charter challenge against amendments to the federal Immigration Act concerning refugee status. They argued that most of the amended provisions violated the Charter and the Canadian Bill of Rights by threatening the personal security of refugees...	1992
Butler v. Her Majesty the Queen	Butler, a Manitoba video store owner, was convicted under the Criminal Code obscenity law for distributing pornographic videos. He claimed his constitutional right to freedom of expression was violated...	1992
A.L. v. the Crimes Compensation Board	A woman was denied full compensation of assault by the Saskatchewan Crimes Compensation Board. The Board said that she had continued to contribute to her own injuries by continuing to live with her spouse...	1992
Sullivan and Lemay v. The Queen	LEAF intervened in this Supreme Court of Canada appeal by two midwives who were convicted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm to a birthing mother due to the death of the unborn child...	1991
Colgate Palmolive	A woman who suffered psychological disability as a result of racist sexual harassment in the workplace won the rights to worker's compensation...	1991	none
Celik v. Wen-Do Women's Self Defense Inc.	Michael Celik, supported by a men's rights group entitled In Search of Justice, challenged Wen-Do Women's Self-Defense Corporation-a women's only self defense program...	1991	none
Caron v. Sa Majeste la Reine	A Rimouski woman was convicted of welfare fraud on the basis that she was living as a married rather than a single person...	1991
Attorney General of Canada v. Daniels	An Aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan was convicted of second-degree murder and convicted to life imprisonment. At issue was whether she should be sent from Saskatchewan to the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario, which, LEAF argued, would be in violation of race and sex equality guarantees...	1991
Vinogradov v. Governors of University of Calgary et al.	LEAF supported Aleksandra Vinogradov's complaint against the University of Calgary after her application for a full professor position in the Department of Engineering was rejected. Even though she was highly qualified for the position she argued that women had been systematically excluded from the Department...	1990	none
The Queen v. Keegstra; Andrews and Smith v. The Queen	James Keegstra was charged with the promotion of hatred under Section 281(2) of the Criminal Code for teaching high school students social theory based on hatred of Jews and Judaism. Keegstra argued that the Charter guaranteed his freedom of expression...	1990
George Ramdial, Nilufar Ramdial and Lana Salmon v. Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 624	In 1988, Lana Salmon was prevented from buying a condominium and moving in with her 13 year-old child. With LEAF's support, Salmon challenged the condominium's ability to restrict occupancy to people aged 16 and older...	1990
Taylor v. Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Attorney General of Canada	In 1979, the Canada Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the telephone messages denigrating individuals of Jewish origin propagated by John Ross Taylor violated the Human Rights Code. Taylor argued that he was entitled to freedom of expression...	1990
La Maison des Femmes	At the request of La Maison des Femmes de la Cote-Nord in Baie Comeau. LEAF retained a lawyer to monitor the trial of a man, charged with second degree murder, who shot and killed his wife in the battered women's centre...	1990	none
Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Board of Commissioners of Police et al. v. Ontario Nurses Association et al.	After Ontario's pay equity legislation was enacted, the Ontario Nurses Association sought for nurses to be in the same comparator class as police in the municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk...	1990
Jane Doe v. Board of Commissioners of Police for the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Jack Marks, Kim Derry & William Cameron	Sexual assault survivor Jane Doe sued the Metropolitan Toronto Police for violating the Charter in failing to protect her from a serial rapist. With LEAF's support, Jane Doe argued that even though police had identifying information about the man who became know as "the balcony rapist", they chose not to warn women in the area of danger...	1990
Albrecht v. Albrecht	After a 35-year marriage ended in divorce, Mrs. Albrecht lost her rights to a division of Canada Pension Plan credits...	1990