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Beverley McLachlin

In 1981, she was appointed to the County Court of Vancouver and then to the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada

The unanimous judgment of the Court was delivered by Chief Justice McLachlin.

Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd

#It is not right to say that the rationale of the public policy varies according to the situation, and the statement of McLachlin J (as she then was) about it in Hall v. Hebert is right in principle.

R. v. Sharpe

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, writing for the majority, held that the provision in the Code violated the freedom of expression but was justified under section one as the government objective of protecting children from exploitation was proportional to the violation.

R. v. Stevens

That decision was written by Justice Beverley McLachlin, who would later join the Supreme Court of Canada as Wilson's colleague.

Section Twenty-nine of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The current Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin once referred to this as an early form of freedom of religion in Canada.

Section Two of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

According to Beverley McLachlin, freedom of religion in Canada may have originated as early as 1759, when French Canadian Roman Catholics were allowed rights of worship by their British conquerors; this was later reconfirmed in 1774 in the Quebec Act.

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