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October 7, 2022

‘Clear, relaxed’ conversations key to consent, McCann argues in sex work Charter challenge

Marcus McCann made arguments at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in a Charter challenge seeking to strike Canada’s Criminal Code prohibitions related to sex work October 3-7, 2022. The challenge was launched by the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, five current or former sex workers, and a former escort agency owner. Mr. […]

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December 14, 2021

Precedent Setting Victory for Gender Identity Rights in B.C.

In September 2021, a case decision in the province of British Columbia made a significant development with respect to the rights of trans and non-binary people at work. The judgement will have implications for the law across Canada, including here in Ontario.   The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found a restaurant and some of […]

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October 2, 2020

Court of Appeal quashes sexual assault verdict, orders new trial

The Court of Appeal has quashed a sexual assault conviction and ordered a new trial, finding the trial judge placed too much importance in her credibility assessment on the fact that, if the complainant were lying, she would have made the assault sound more brutal than what she described. Millard & Company lawyer Angela Chaisson […]

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August 13, 2018

Our Firm is Challenging Ontario’s Sex-Ed Curriculum

The Ontario government has announced plans to retreat to the sex-ed curriculum developed in 1998. Our firm is challenging this decision at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario arguing, on behalf of an 11-year-old trans student, that the policy is discriminatory and will cause significant harm to LGBTQ2+ students. See below for coverage of the […]

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May 8, 2018

Our Client Receives Ontario’s First Non-Binary Birth Certificate

On May 12, 2017, Dr. Joshua M. Ferguson (they/them pronouns) applied for a non-binary birth certificate. When their application was delayed by Service Ontario, Millard & Company LLP and Dewart Gleason LLP jointly filed a human rights application on Dr. Ferguson’s behalf alleging discrimination on the basis of sex and gender expression. After reaching a […]

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September 22, 2017

Firm heads to the Supreme Court of Canada (again)

When the Supreme Court of Canada hears the controversial case of Trinity Western University v the Law Society of Upper Canada, Millard & Company will be there. The case is the latest chapter in the saga of an evangelical Christian university which has applied to open a new law school. The school would forbid students […]

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