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JSS Barristers — Coalition for Justice and Human Rights Ltd v Edmonton (case summary)

Original source: https://jssbarristers.ca/rules/coalition-for-justice-and-human-rights-ltd-v-edmonton/ Retrieved: 2026-07-04

  • Citation: 2024 ABKB 26. Judge: Martin J.
  • Coalition filed a Statement of Claim challenging Edmonton's response to encampments on public land, seeking public standing and declarations of Charter violations.
  • City applied to strike for lack of standing (Rule 3.68), and argued s. 24(1) Charter remedies were unavailable to a party with only public interest standing.
  • Court denied public interest standing and struck the action. First factor (serious justiciable issue) favoured standing; second factor (real stake / genuine interest) opposed it. Court: "the Coalition does not in fact bear any of the hallmarks of a party with a real stake or genuine interest in the outcome."
  • On striking for lack of standing: "evidence may be considered, facts as pleaded are not presumed to be true, and the issue of standing does not attract the 'plain and obvious' standard."