The South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) brought a motion for leave to intervene as a friend of the court in an appeal from a decision of the Social Benefits Tribunal.
The underlying appeal concerned the cancellation of the appellant's social benefits on the basis that she was not living as a single person, raising issues of gender-based violence and culturally competent assessments of marital relationships.
The court granted the motion, finding that SALCO had a real, substantial, and identifiable interest in the appeal and could provide a unique and distinct perspective without causing undue delay or prejudice to the parties.
