Counsel to the Barbra Schlifer Clinic in the Supreme Court of Canada in a case considering the balance between the freedom of religion and an accused’s fair trial rights

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Represented the Barbra Schlifer Clinic in the Supreme Court of Canada as interveners in R. v. N.S.  The issue before the Court was whether a Muslim female sexual assault complainant must be forced to remove her niqab while being cross-examined by the accused’s lawyer. 2012 SCC 72