You've been charged with a criminal offence, such as conspiracy to traffic cocaine. The police used an agent and a wiretap to gather incriminating evidence against you. In doing so, they breached your Charter rights. The presiding judge rules that the wiretaps should...
Dynamic Entries
by Mark Ertel | Jun 26, 2020 | Drug Offences
"Dynamic Entires" are a tactic commonly used by the police in drug investigations. Although they thought they could, it turns out the police cannot just have a policy of bashing in your door and throwing a "distraction device" into your front entrance way scaring the...
SCC Decision Clarifies Right of Privacy in Shared Digital Devices
by Jon Doody | Feb 15, 2019 | Child Porn And Luring
In December the Supreme Court of Canada released their decision in R v Reeves. This decision considered what expectation of privacy an individual has in a shared digital device, such as a shared computer or tablet. The Court found that a third-party, even one who has...
Court considers admissibility of detector dogs and ion scanners at border crossings
by Jon Doody | Sep 10, 2018 | Drug Offences
When you cross the border into Canada from the USA, you are subjected to a search, where there is a lower expectation of privacy than you would otherwise have. A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court considered the use of both detector dogs and ion scanners at...
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