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Bussey, B.W. is PHD Candidate at Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

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A Former Member Sues His Church For Disfellowship

Jehovah’s Witness sues his church for damages resulting from his loss of membership. Church members no longer his clients in his real estate business. He goes bankrupt. Alberta Courts say he can sue. Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case on November 2.

Barry Winston Bussey • July 06, 2017

British Columbia Court of Appeal Says Law Society Unreasonable For Denying Christian Law School

British Columbia Court rules BC Law Society was unreasonable in refusing to accept a Christian law school. It denied the school because it discriminated against LGBTQ. It required students to sign a code of conduct that did not recognise marriage equality.

Barry Winston Bussey • December 22, 2016

The Nova Scotia Barristers Society Won't Appeal Its Loss on The Trinity Western School of Law Case

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled that the Barristers’ Society did not have the jurisdiction to deny graduates from a Christian law school from practicing law in Nova Scotia. The Society did not agree with the school’s religious teachings on marriage.

Barry Winston Bussey • August 19, 2016

Canadian Religious Hospitals: Do they have the religious freedom to refuse physician assisted dying?

I question the moral turpitude of a liberal democracy’s claim that it has the right to force a religious hospital to allow physician assisted dying, even though it is morally repugnant to the conscience of the institution.

Barry Winston Bussey • March 04, 2016