Fourth Amendment Protects Cell Phone Privacy
- July 2, 2014
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
In a landmark case reported as Riley v. California, 573 U.S. __ (2014) released on June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held that a warrantless search and seizure of digital contents of a cell phone…
Privacy Matters
- June 16, 2014
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Charter of Rights protects three privacy interests which we encounter in our daily lives. Mr. Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada identified them as: personal privacy (bodily integrity), territorial privacy (privacy in the home) and informational…
Innocent Third Parties
- June 2, 2014
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The police wiretap a landline in a lounge because they suspect that a drug dealer uses it for business. A waitress uses the lounge phone to call an abortion clinic to make an appointment. The police wiretap a pay phone…
Supreme Court Rejects Harper Appointee
- May 16, 2014
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On September 30, 2013, the Prime Minister announced the nomination of Mr. Justice Marc Nadon, a supernumerary judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, to the Supreme Court of Canada. On October 3, 2013, by Order in Council, Justice Nadon…
Trends in Wiretap Law: Part Three
- May 2, 2014
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
In the second part of this series of posts on trends in wiretap law I concluded by saying there were judicial limitations on the ability of defendants to challenge the admissibility of wiretap evidence in court. I will pick up…