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Press Releases

Pivot Legal calls for the VPD to immediately cease practices undermining public health in DTES amid COVID-19

By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Apr 02, 2020 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Community groups call for a moratorium on street checks

By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Feb 20, 2020 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Oppenheimer Park residents and supporters celebrate 1-year of resilience

Park residents, neighbours, and advocates will be gathering on the 1 year anniversary of the rent city for a warm meal, music, and legal information about rights for people who rely on public space for survival, and to celebrate resilience in the face of a housing crisis, a drug poisoning crisis, and the ongoing criminalization of homeless people.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Dec 13, 2019 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal Society responds to most recent Anita Place ruling

The Court did not condone the City’s “priorities and approach” regarding Anita Place, and invited the parties to bring another application regarding the constitutionality of the City’s conduct.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jul 18, 2019 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal Society and Canadian Drug Policy Coalition successfully defend supervised consumption at Federal Court of Canada

Justice Mosley agreed with our arguments and dismissed CABA’s application, citing directly from our submissions. In his decision
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 28, 2019 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Pivot Legal Society files appeal to BC Supreme Court Order after heavy-handed enforcement at Anita Place

We intend to inform the Court of the City and RCMP’s misconduct over the weekend, which included numerous and egregious contraventions of Justice Grauer’s decision.
By Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Feb 25, 2019 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal Society seeks leave to appeal aspects of BC Supreme Court ruling on Anita Place. Encouraged by recognition of life safety concerns and the allowing of solid structures

We are encouraged by the Court's recognition of life safety concerns and the allowing of solid structures
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 08, 2019 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal Society defends Anita Place from Maple Ridge enforcement orders and injunctions

The city has increasingly adopted an "ideology of enforcement" that will harm vulnerable residents.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Jan 15, 2019 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal and Anita Place respond to City of Maple Ridge’s Supreme Court Application on first day of winter

As the coldest days of the year approach, the City is striving to break apart a community of homeless people living at Anita Place tent city
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Dec 21, 2018 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal Society applauds Supreme Court of Canada decision to strike down mandatory victim fine surcharge

The judgement cited Pivot's submissions arguing for the removal of this harmful provision
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Dec 14, 2018 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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