CIPPIC intervened before the Supreme Court in Telus v Wellman

Published on November 7, 2018
Technology Law, Ethics and Policy
Students walking on campus.
On November 6th, 2018, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman.
Marina Pavlović and Cynthia Khoo.
Left to right: Marina Pavlović and Cynthia Khoo.

CIPPIC was represented before the Supreme Court of Canada by Marina Pavlović, Associate Professor and a CLTS Faculty member, and Cynthia Khoo, one of our LLM candidates.

The intervening factum is available here.

CIPPIC's argument focuses on access to justice considerations and the differing way that consumer protection laws protect consumers and other vulnerable groups encountering standard form contracts in circumstances characterized by disparities in bargaining power.