Constitutional and Human Rights Practice
What we do
Sometimes conventional legal remedies will fail our clients. This is not because of anything that our clients have done but because the laws are wrong. In such cases, we work to fashion remedies based on the primacy of the Canadian constitution and human rights legislation in Ontario to strike down such laws.
we extend civil legal aid—pOur work in such test cases has brought us to the Supreme Court of Canada and back. Marshall Swadron is also the contributor of chapters on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms rimarily and judicial review in the Law Society of Ontario’s Lawyer Licensing Barrister Examination study materials.
Representative Cases
Ontario (Attorney General) v. G., 2020 SCC 38
G. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 36
G. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 264 (CanLII)
G v. Attorney General for Ontario et al., 2017 ONSC 6713
Sandhu v. Regional Municipality of Peel (Police Services Board), 2017 HRTO 1221 (CanLII)
Thompson v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2016 ONCA 676 (CanLII)
Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services) v De Lottinville, (2015), 125 O.R. (3d) 733 (Divisional Court)
P.S. v. Ontario, 2014 ONCA 900 (CanLII)
Thompson v. Ontario (Attorney General) 2013, 118 O.R. (3d) 34 (S.C.J.)
Thompson and Empowerment Council v. Ontario (2013), 117 O.R. (3d) 578 (S.C.J.)
Thompson v. Attorney General of Ontario (2011), 161 O.R. (3d) 176 (S.C.J.)
P.S. v. Ontario, 2008 ONCA 550 (CanLII)
Ontario (A.G.) v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission) (2007), 88 O.R. (3d) 455 (Div. Ct.)
Infant Number 10968 v. Ontario, 2006 CanLII 19946 (ON SC)
Braithwaite v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2006 HRTO 15 (CanLII)
Braithwaite v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2005 HRTO 32 (CanLII)