{"id":3900,"date":"2012-06-17T02:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T06:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=mediareleases&#038;p=3900"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:50:57","slug":"legal-update-r-v-ryan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/legal-update-r-v-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Update R. v. Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear LEAF Supporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF intervened in coalition with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) at the Supreme Court of Canada on June 14th &nbsp;in the case&nbsp;<em>R.<\/em>&nbsp;v.&nbsp;<em>Ryan<\/em>. &nbsp;&nbsp;We argued that sections 7 and 15 of the Charter must be interpreted in ways that address the realities of abused women&rsquo;s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAEFS-LEAF counsel,&nbsp;Christine Boyle, Q.C.,&nbsp;addressed follow up media requests leading to front page coverage in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/politics\/article\/1211285--supreme-court-hears-duress-defence-appeal-in-nova-scotia-spousal-abuse-case?bn=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Toronto Star<\/a>.&nbsp;Other media coverage of the case includes articles in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/06\/14\/supreme-court-to-hear-case-of-battered-woman-acquitted-in-plot-to-kill-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">National Post,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/novascotia\/107411-decision-could-reshape-abuse-defence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Herald News<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/top-court-to-hear-case-of-woman-acquitted-in-plot-to-kill-abusive-spouse\/article4259202\/?cmpid=rss1fence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Globe and Mail.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF takes great pride in our&nbsp;ability to participate in landmark cases&nbsp;that have such profound effect on the lives of women and girls.&nbsp;&nbsp;We thank CAEFS for this opportunity to partner with them, and recognize the strength that comes from such&nbsp;collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are committed to&nbsp;working&nbsp;together to build a solid financial foundation for LEAF,&nbsp;to maintain our ability into the future to have a presence in cases that influence the equality rights of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CAEFS-LEAF factum can be found on our website: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CAEFS-LEAF-Factum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\"><em>R<\/em>. v. <em>Ryan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With thanks for your support,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheryl Hoshizaki<br>Executive Director, LEAF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions please contact LEAF at 416-595-7170 or by email:<a href=\"mailto:s.hoshizaki@leaf.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">s.hoshizaki@leaf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[210,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3900","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-leaf-cases","category-media-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal Update R. v. 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