Violence against women

Case	Description	Year	Facta
R. v. Ewanchuk	In the case of R. v. Ewanchuk, a 17-year old woman went for a job interview in a trailer at a city mall in Alberta. By the time she left she had been subjected to unwanted sexual touching by a 49 year old man - her prospective employer...	1999
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
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
Her Majesty the Queen v. Canadian Newspapers Company Limited	A woman, who was sexually assaulted by her husband, invoked her right to have a publication ban on the use of her name in criminal proceedings...	1988