SCC to Hear Omar Khadr’s Case
Omar Khadr is the only Canadian citizen detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Last week, the Supreme Court decided to hear the Crown’s appeal of a...
Monthly Archive: October 2007
Coming soon to the Web: SCC factums
Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) factums will be available on-line beginning next year. That’s according to Justice Michel Bastarache, who made the announcement during a speech last week at LexUM’s...
The Test in Khosa: Reasonableness or Patent Unreasonableness?
On Friday, October 26, 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to appeal in the case of Khosa v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2007] 4 FCR 332....
Good Cop, Bad Cop, Reasonable Cop at the Time?
In Hill v Hamilton‑Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, [2007] 3 SCR 129 [Hill] the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) confirmed that police officers can be sued by suspects who have suffered...
