R v Rogers Communications: Some Guidelines for Big Brother
In R v Rogers Communications, 2016 ONSC 70 [Rogers], Justice John Sproat of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice provided some much needed guidance to police and issuing justices when...
Category: Access to Information
A TheCourt.ca Exclusive Interview: R v Spencer One Year Later
A New Hurdle To Protecting Our Children? A Perspective from the Toronto Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit Last year, TheCourt.ca published two key articles about the Supreme Court of Canada’s...
A Turn in Tide: Carter versus Rodriguez
Some months ago, the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“SCC”) ruling in Carter v Canada (Attorney General), [2015] 1 SCR 331 [Carter] made national headlines. Although all decisions of the SCC are important,...
Hopkins v Kay: Health Law Information Remains Protected by the Common Law
In Hopkins v Kay, 2015 ONCA 112 the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) ensured that parties who suffer misuse of their private health information can claim common law damages against...
