Her Majesty the Queen v TB-J [Sentence of Reprimand]
Court: Ontario Court of Appeal, 2017
JFCY intervened in this case where the Court was considering whether the sentence of a reprimand was appropriate when the young people were found guilty of a serious offence (unlawfully in a dwelling place). JFCY submitted that the Court should decline to articulate a legal test for the imposition of a judicial reprimand for a…
Read Full Case ArticleToronto Police Service v LD v Mignardi [Access to Youth Records for Police Discipline]
Court: Ontario Court of Appeal, 2017
The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and the lower court’s decision was set aside on the technical ground that the proper route to review the lower court’s decision was a certiorari application to the Superior Court judge and that the parties were free to go back and do so (however, they did not).…
Read Full Case ArticleCurtis Lewis v The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness [Deportation of Parent, Aboriginal Child]
Court: Federal Court of Appeal, 2017
This is an appeal of an Enforcement Officer’s decision to deport the Appellant, the father of an Aboriginal Canadian child. The Appellant argued that deporting him would violate his child’s rights under section 7 of the Charter and overlooked the Best Interests of his child. The child would accompany the father if he were to be deported. JFCY’s…
Read Full Case ArticleBoyer v John Doe et al [YCJA records disclosure sought for civil proceeding]
Court: Ontario Court of Justice, 2017
A civil proceeding was commenced by the Applicant, seeking damages in relation to a fire to the Applicant’s home against the “John Doe Respondents” (and others). The John Doe Respondents are young people who’s privacy rights are protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. In these proceedings, the Applicant asked a Youth Court for access…
Read Full Case ArticleRG v KG [Withdrawal from Parental Control]
Court: Ontario Court of Appeal, 2017
JFCY represented OG, the young person in this case. Brief details: OG withdrew from parental control and made an application for a Declaration from the Superior Court to that effect. The Declaration was granted. Her parent, RG, sought to be added as a party to the proceedings and for enforcement of the prior custody order…
Read Full Case ArticleNL v RRM [Custody and Withdrawal from Parental Control]
Court: Ontario Court of Appeal, 2016
This is a case where an Arbritator awarded RRM (the father) sole custody over DM and MM (the children) and, among other things, ordered that they all attend a parental alienation program together. MM was 17 years old at that time and was given the choice to go with his father and attend the program,…
Read Full Case ArticleLandlord Tenant Board requires Youth Court Order for YCJA records to be used for Eviction Application
Court: Landlord Tenant Board, 2016
In this case, a landlord sought to evict the parent of a child on various grounds including allegations of illegal acts being committed by the child. JFCY represented the child and the Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario represented the parent in successfully arguing that the Board cannot hear evidence that identifies a young person as…
Read Full Case ArticleKAB v Registrar General [Name change for Transgender Youth]
Court: Ontario Court of Justice, 2013
JFCY represented a 17 year-old transgender youth who sought to have her name changed. The Change of Name Act in Ontario requires parental consent for a person under the age of 18 who seeks a name change, or the young person can make an application to the court who can then authorize the name change…
Read Full Case ArticleBB and JFCY v Minister of Citizenship and Immigration [Immigration Detention of Child]
Court: Federal Court, 2016
JFCY was a public interest litigant in a judicial review of a decision to continue the detention of a woman, BB, held in immigration detention together with her Canadian-born daughter as a so-called “guest” for almost a year. BB had raised the detrimental effect of detention on her child as a relevant factor in her…
Read Full Case ArticleR v ZW [Access to YCJA Pre-Sentence Report]
Court: Ontario Court of Justice, 2016
JFCY acted as amicus curiae to the Ontario Court of Justice where the applicant was a plaintiff in a negligence action before another court. Terrace Youth Residential Services and ZW, a young person under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), were named as co-defendants in the action. The YCJA has strict privacy protections for young…
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