{"id":8360,"date":"2016-03-08T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2020-10-22T20:28:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T00:28:11","slug":"womens-legal-education-and-action-fund-leaf-and-the-institute-for-the-advancement-of-aboriginal-women-iaaw-granted-leave-to-intervene-in-r-v-barton","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/womens-legal-education-and-action-fund-leaf-and-the-institute-for-the-advancement-of-aboriginal-women-iaaw-granted-leave-to-intervene-in-r-v-barton\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) Granted Leave to Intervene in R. v. Barton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 8, 2016, Edmonton<\/em> – On March 8, 2016, Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Berger granted<\/a> the Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) leave to intervene in R. v. Barton <\/em>at the Alberta Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAF and IAAW are pleased that the Court of Appeal has agreed to hear our arguments in this appeal of the verdict in the Cindy Gladue case. At the trial, the jury accepted the defence argument that Ms. Gladue, an Indigenous woman, had consented to \u201crough sex\u201d and acquitted the man accused of her murder, Bradley Barton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As stated in the LEAF\/IAAW leave motion, this appeal raises legal issues regarding sexual assault that transcend the particulars of this case; the Court\u2019s decision on those issues will significantly affect the law regarding sexual assault. LEAF\/IAAW counsel Ritu Khullar, Q.C., notes that LEAF\/IAAW have \u201csignificant concerns with respect to the trial judge\u2019s instructions to the jury on the matter of consent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAF and IAAW intend to address the following issues before the Court of Appeal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n