Women's Legal Education and Action Fund

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Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, referred to by the acronym LEAF, is a Canadian legal organization that performs legal research and intervenes in appellate and Supreme Court of Canada cases on women's issues. Founded in 1984, LEAF has been an intervener in many significant decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, particularly cases involving Section Fifteen of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

[edit] Notable interventions

• Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120
• British Columbia (PSERC) v. BCGSEU [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3
• M. v. H., [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3
• Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624
• Weatherall v. Canada (Attorney General), [1993] 2 S.C.R. 872
• R. v. Butler, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452
• Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 236
• Norberg v. Wynrib, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 224
• R. v. Sullivan, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 489
• Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1219
• Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143

[edit] External links

• LEAF website
• From NAACP to LEAF: American Legal Exports to Canada (article by Ian Brodie)