New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v G (J)

New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v G (J)
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: November 9, 1998 Judgment: September 10, 1999
Full case name	JG v The Minister of Health and Community Services, the Law Society of New Brunswick, Legal Aid New Brunswick, the Attorney General for New Brunswick and the Minister of Justice
Citations	[1999] 3 S.C.R. 46
Ruling	G. appeal allowed
Court membership
Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie
Reasons given
Majority	Lamer C.J., joined by Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Major and Binnie JJ.
Concurrence	L’Heureux‑Dubé J., joined by Gonthier and McLachlin JJ.

New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v G (J), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 46, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on right to legal aid services. The Court held that the denial of legal aid to parents whose custody of their child was challenged by the government is a violation of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.