Mar 21 2023 35 mins
In our third episode of Season 2, we talk to lawyer Alanna Tom about her experience representing Mr. C, an Indigenous man, at the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. Mr. C filed his human rights complaint late but Ms. Tom was able to convince the tribunal to accept it. We talk to Ms. Tom about how she convinced the tribunal to accept the late filled complaint, limitations period at human rights tribunals across the country, the importance of meaningful access to justice, and why lawyers should cite research reports in their submissions!
Discussed: human rights, limitations periods, discrimination, access to justice.
Music: Ross Bugden, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.