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28619

Grace Elizabeth (Betty) Bauman, et al. v. The Attorney General of Nova Scotia representing Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia, et al.

(Nova Scotia) (Civil) (By Leave)

Docket

Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.

List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2001-11-23 Close file on Leave
2001-11-16 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2001-10-11 Copy of formal judgment on leave being prepared
2001-09-14 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties
2001-09-13 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal
Dismissed, no order as to costs
2001-08-08 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (sent to panel Aug. 10/01), Completed on: 2001-08-08 Grace Elizabeth (Betty) Bauman
2001-07-30 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ Ia Ba
2001-06-27 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2001-06-27 The Attorney General of Nova Scotia representing Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia
2001-06-27 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2001-06-26 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2001-06-26 The Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
2001-05-28 Application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2001-05-28 Grace Elizabeth (Betty) Bauman

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Bauman, Grace Elizabeth (Betty) Applicant Active
Lois Cecilia Claire Alderson, Gloria Ellen Bastianelli, Linda Begbie, Eleanor Belliveau, Edythe Marie Blair, Thelma Breau, Anna Campbell, Mildred Bernadette Campbell, Lillian Clark, Rose Connolly, Annette Elizabeth Crummey, Marion Margaret Gillis Applicant Active
Georgaline Rita Hachey, Annie Harrison, Cathy Marie Hill, Winifred Diane Hoyt, Norma Elinor Hunter, Loraine Catherine Jaques, Deborah Ann Krewenki, Diana Laird, Carole Cordelia Lovell, Beryl MacDonald, Lillian MacGillivray, Carmelita MacIsaac Applicant Active
Beverly MacLean, Mary MacLean, Sheila Theresa MacLean, Margaret Irene MacLeod, Roseann Mason, Laura Mary McArdle, Elsie Maud Millington, Donna Mount, Jackie Muise, Rita Mable Muise, Sherry Lee Melody Munroe, Lillian Bernette Osmond Applicant Active
Rose Roberts, Patricia Ann Roper, Melba Ross, Audrey Noreen Ryan, Violet Jaqueline Roussel, Patricia Ann Sampson, Esther Spracklin, Mary Hoyles-Starkes and Donna Whynot Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
The Attorney General of Nova Scotia representing Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia Respondent Active
The Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Bauman, Grace Elizabeth (Betty)

Counsel
Scott Sterns
Jamieson Sterns
5475 Spring Garden Road
Suite 503
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3T2
Telephone: (902) 429-3123
FAX: (902) 429-3522
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Lois Cecilia Claire Alderson, Gloria Ellen Bastianelli, Linda Begbie, Eleanor Belliveau, Edythe Marie Blair, Thelma Breau, Anna Campbell, Mildred Bernadette Campbell, Lillian Clark, Rose Connolly, Annette Elizabeth Crummey, Marion Margaret Gillis

Counsel
Scott Sterns
Jamieson Sterns
5475 Spring Garden Road
Suite 503
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3T2
Telephone: (902) 429-3123
FAX: (902) 429-3522
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Georgaline Rita Hachey, Annie Harrison, Cathy Marie Hill, Winifred Diane Hoyt, Norma Elinor Hunter, Loraine Catherine Jaques, Deborah Ann Krewenki, Diana Laird, Carole Cordelia Lovell, Beryl MacDonald, Lillian MacGillivray, Carmelita MacIsaac

Counsel
Scott Sterns
Jamieson Sterns
5475 Spring Garden Road
Suite 503
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3T2
Telephone: (902) 429-3123
FAX: (902) 429-3522
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Beverly MacLean, Mary MacLean, Sheila Theresa MacLean, Margaret Irene MacLeod, Roseann Mason, Laura Mary McArdle, Elsie Maud Millington, Donna Mount, Jackie Muise, Rita Mable Muise, Sherry Lee Melody Munroe, Lillian Bernette Osmond

Counsel
Scott Sterns
Jamieson Sterns
5475 Spring Garden Road
Suite 503
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3T2
Telephone: (902) 429-3123
FAX: (902) 429-3522
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: Rose Roberts, Patricia Ann Roper, Melba Ross, Audrey Noreen Ryan, Violet Jaqueline Roussel, Patricia Ann Sampson, Esther Spracklin, Mary Hoyles-Starkes and Donna Whynot

Counsel
Scott Sterns
Jamieson Sterns
5475 Spring Garden Road
Suite 503
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3T2
Telephone: (902) 429-3123
FAX: (902) 429-3522
Agent
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: emeehan@langmichener.ca

Party: The Attorney General of Nova Scotia representing Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia

Counsel
Catherine J. Lunn
Attorney General of Nova Scotia
400 - 5151 Terminal Road
P.O. Box 7
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2L6
Telephone: (902) 424-4564
FAX: (902) 424-1730
Email: LUNNCJ@GOV.NS.CA
Agent
Stephen J. Grace
Maclaren Corlett
303 - 99 Bank St.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6B9
Telephone: (613) 233-1146
FAX: (613) 233-7190
Email: sgrace@macorlaw.com

Party: The Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia

Counsel
David P.S. Farrar
Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales
900 - 1959 Upper Water St
PO Box 997 Stn Central RPO
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2X2
Telephone: (902) 420-3200
FAX: (902) 420-1417

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Lower court rulings

April 25, 2000
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division

158646

Applicants' application for declaration that certain portions of the Workers' Compensation Act are unconstitutional granted

July 18, 2000
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division

158646

see file

March 29, 2001
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

CA 165426

Appeal allowed

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Date modified: 2025-02-27