Resources

Cases & Decisions

• RG v KG [Withdrawal from Parental Control]

  JFCY represented OG, the young person in this case. Brief details: OG withdrew from parental control and made an application…

• NL v RRM [Custody and Withdrawal from Parental Control]

  This is a case where an Arbritator awarded RRM (the father) sole custody over DM and MM (the children) and,…

• Landlord Tenant Board requires Youth Court Order for YCJA records to be used for Eviction Application

  In this case, a landlord sought to evict the parent of a child on various grounds including allegations of illegal…

• KAB v Registrar General [Name change for Transgender Youth]

  JFCY represented a 17 year-old transgender youth who sought to have her name changed. The Change of Name Act in…

• BB and JFCY v Minister of Citizenship and Immigration [Immigration Detention of Child]

  JFCY was a public interest litigant in a judicial review of a decision to continue the detention of a woman,…

• R v ZW [Access to YCJA Pre-Sentence Report]

  JFCY acted as amicus curiae to the Ontario Court of Justice where the applicant was a plaintiff in a negligence…

• Kanthasamy v Canada [Humanitarian & Compassionate Application by a Child]

  JFCY intervened in this case at the Supreme Court of Canada. At the time of the hearing, the appellant was…

• CMM v DGC [Minor does not require a litigation guardian to apply for child support]

  JFCY intervened in the appeal of CMM v. DGC which deals with the question of whether a minor applying to…

• Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care et al v Canada [Refugee Health Care]

  JFCY was a public interest applicant to a court challenge to the 2012 cuts in Refugee Healthcare by the Government…