Canadian Judge Violated Fair Trial Rights
- November 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
A fair trial is not a judicial inquest. In the Canadian adversarial system trial judges do not conduct inquiries on behalf of society at large. Although trial judges may assert trial management authority they must not descend into the arena…
Russian-Canadians Charged in Smuggling Scheme to Aid Moscow’s War on Ukraine
- October 31, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
A criminal complaint was unsealed yesterday in Brooklyn, New York, charging three people with conspiracy to commit wire fraud stemming from a global procurement scheme on behalf of sanctioned Russian entities including companies affiliated with the Russian military. Some of…
Search of Journalists’ Devices at Polish Border Violated Privacy Rights
- October 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The detention of two journalists by Polish military officers and the searches of their cellphones and cameras for information documenting events near Poland’s border with Belarus has reached the European Court of Human Rights. The case presents an opportunity to…
Papi and the Police
- September 30, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The constitutional prohibition of arbitrary detention in Canada limits the ability of the state to impose intimidating and coercive pressure on the citizen without adequate justification. Yet the experience of radicalized youth and those living in low income neighbourhoods is…
A Privacy Nightmare on Wheels
- September 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Modern automobiles are prodigious datavores. But owners have little control over the personal information their vehicles collect and many manufacturers share it with government or law enforcement for the asking. No longer designed simply for transportation the automobile has been…