Constructing Mosaics
- December 16, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On November 28, 2017, the redacted ruling by Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton of the Federal Court of Canada was released in a case where the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) seized personal identification data by the deployment of a…
The ‘Fantastic’ Test in Drug Law
- November 28, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Near a motel. You know the kind of place. Night. Rain. A cigarette lighter flicks in the dark and a pickup pulls out of the parking lot. Two blocks later the police come from nowhere. Maybe a broken tail light? Some…
Corner’s Call
- November 14, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On November 8, 2017, a jury in Oshawa, Ontario, convicted Keenan Corner of second degree murder in the shooting death of high school buddy, and weed dealing partner, Shabir Niazi. But not without an unusual twist. The case went to…
Entrapment in Alberta
- October 30, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
There has been a recent upswing in entrapment cases before the Alberta courts. I will discuss two where stays of proceedings were entered. One is the unreported ruling of Justice Earl C. Wilson in R v Saggu, Q.B. No. 150883536Q1,…
The NIT Warrant
- October 20, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Privacy International is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1990 and based in London. It defends the right to privacy and has litigated or intervened in cases implicating the right to privacy in the courts of the United Kingdom, the…