Title: Costs and Access to Justice in Public Interest Environmental Litigation Submissions to the Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court Rules Committee Resource Type: Report, Response to Consultation Content: Costs-Access-to-Justice-Public-Interest-Envl-Litigation # of Pages: 18 Date authored: November 23, 2015…
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Media Release Public interest groups apply to SCC in effort to overturn damaging precedent and restore precautionary approach to major project reviews TORONTO – Public interest groups are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn a Federal Court of…
Blog posted by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on June 16, 2014 When an environmental class proceeding is unsuccessful, should the representative plaintiff be ordered to pay the defendant’s legal costs; if so, what is the appropriate amount of costs that should…
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Cooper, Kathleen, Kyra Bell-Pasht, Ramani Nadarajah, and Theresa McClenaghan. “Seeking a Regulatory Chill in Canada: The Dow Agrosciences NAFTA Chapter 11 Challenge to the Quebec Pesticides Management Code.” Golden Gate U. Envtl. LJ 7 (2014): 5. Download article here: Cooper-et-al-2014-Seeking-a-Regulatory-Chill-in-Canada-The-Dow-Agrosciences-NAFTA-Chapter-11-Challenge
Media Release Supreme Court of Canada affirms for first time validity of applying precautionary principle to Ontario environmental legislation Ottawa, ON – On Thursday, October 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada held that environmental laws may be interpreted broadly…
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Media Release Joint media release from CELA and Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Ottawa, ON – On Thursday, October 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on how broadly environmental laws may be interpreted to protect the public.…
