JD students work with Asper Centre on Supreme Court case

L-R: Frances Mahon, Neil Abraham, Marlys Edwardh,
Winston Gee

Earlier this month, 2nd year JD students Winston Gee and Neil Abraham went to the Supreme Court of Canada with the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights to see the hearing on the case Henry v Her Majesty the Queen.

The Asper Centre and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association were granted intervention standing jointly in this appeal, which addresses the availability of Charter damages for a Crown violation of the Charter in the absence of malicious intent. As part of their work for the Asper Centre clinic, the students worked with our outside pro bono counsel, Marlys Edwardh and Frances Mahon of Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, to draft legal memoranda and to contribute to the drafting of the factum that was filed on behalf of the Asper Centre and the BCCLA in the appeal.