Fleming v Ontario : Limiting Police Powers of Preventative Arrest
Earlier in October, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its decision in Fleming v Ontario, 2019 SCC 45 [Fleming], in which the Court ruled on the limits of police...
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In Your Own Backyard: The Implied Licence Doctrine and Section 8 of the Charter in R v Le
Do police officers have the power to enter a person’s backyard without express permission from the owner? On January 25, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) released R v...
Police Officers Infringed Rights with Selective Searches during G20: Figueiras v Toronto (Police Services Board)
In Figueiras v Toronto (Police Services Board), 2015 ONCA 208, the scope of common law police powers were at issue in regards to their conduct with protesters during the 2010...
Revisiting “Mr. Big” Confessions: R v Mack
In R v Hart, 2014 SCC 52 [Hart], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) set out a new framework for the admissibility of confessions elicited during “Mr. Big” operations. (I...
