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Habitual Criminals

Series consists of correspondence, clippings, case law, legal documents and notes related to several cases in which Berger defended persons on trial as habitual criminals, including Daniel Hadden (sometimes spelled Haddon), George Paton, and Margaret “Penny” MacNeill (sometimes spelled McNeil).

Jones v. Bennett

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, notes, memos and legal documents related to the heard in the British Columbia Court of Appeal in 1966, and the Supreme Court of Canada, 1968 in which George Jones, chairman of the Purchasing Commission for the Province of BC, sued Premier W.A.C Bennett for slander.

Dersch v. Canada (Attorney General)

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, reports and legal documents related to the case Dersch v. Canada case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada in 1990. Dersch had been charged with trafficking drugs, and the evidence against him was primarily from wiretap which he suspected had been illegally obtained. Berger argued that Dersch had the right to see the sealed affidavits which had been used to obtain the wiretap, in order to determine whether the wiretap had been legally obtained and was admissible as evidence in his case.

Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, notes and legal documents related to the Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada in 2001. Berger represented the British Columbia College of Teachers, who had denied an application for teacher’s program from Trinity Western University, based on the grounds that the University did not allow homosexual students.

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