What Is a Geofence Warrant?
- August 31, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The use of a new investigative technique by law enforcement, called a geofence warrant, has been gradually emerging over the past year. Google is at the forefront of the early media attention and the nascent legal developments in the United…
Privacy Shield and a Date With Justice
- August 15, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union released the much anticipated judgment in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems, Case C-311/18, striking down the trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement called Privacy Shield. The ruling…
China’s National Security Law: A Lawyer’s Plea for Hong Kong
- July 16, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong. The treaty provides for the administrative region of the semi-autonomous city after the lease of the New Territories expired. On April 4, 1990,…
Chief Justice Wagner Should Resign From COVID-19 Committee
- June 18, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Government of Canada has formed a self-described national leadership body called the Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19. The committee is co-chaired by the Honourable David Lametti, Attorney General of Canada, and the Right Honourable Richard…
Wanzhou Meng and a Back Room Meeting in Hong Kong
- May 30, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On May 27, 2020, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes of the British Columbia Supreme Court released the ruling on double criminality in the extradition case involving Huawei Chief Financial Officer Wanzhou Meng reported as United States v Meng, 2020 BCSC…