The ReeveLaw Blog - Part 44

OMG we’re ALL in trouble one way or another! “According to York Regional Police, it’s actually illegal to remove your Band-Aid in a public spot.” And more bad things.

Bandages Digital Clip Art - Digital File - Bandaid Clipart - Band Aid Clipart - Vector Bandage - Ban | Clip art, Digital clip art, Band aid — https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/7-canadian-laws-that-are-so-random-could-accidentally-land-you-in-trouble

ALBERTA HAS DECIDED THAT CBSA AGENTS CANNOT CONDUCT A SEARCH OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITHOUT REASONABLE GROUNDS.

Alberta Court of Appeal rules that searches of electronic devices at the border are unconstitutional — https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/criminal/alberta-court-of-appeal-rules-that-searches-of-electronic-devices-at-the-border-are-unconstitutional/334710?utm_source=GA&utm_medium=20201102&utm_campaign=CLW-Newsletter-20201102&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D

AN INITIAL CONSULTATION SHOULD REDUCE YOUR STRESS AND ANXIETY.

https://abovethelaw.com/2020/10/lawyers-should-be-less-serious-sometimes/?utm_campaign=Above%20the%20Law%20Small%20Law&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=98654530&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8dXnbmWxIvG5tAqNW7VWFud4rUxX1M0XgSLKMlDNNMgXuxGylfWgJjlxu6GX01bq6YbxLG-biDSpmY8QDmUR5q2jyL1g&utm_content=98654530&utm_source=hs_email&rf=1

Little known fact. I’m an Honorary Prosecutor of the Republic of Lithuania.

SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS WHO COMMIT CRIMINAL OFFENCES BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-discipline-1.5777218

REVENGE PORN = BAD IDEA

https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/local-man-guilty-of-sharing-then-wifes-intimate-photos-with-online-stranger/wcm/cd59b5ad-e970-47ae-8d9e-7ad6a7281c4f?video_autoplay=true

DYNAMIC ENTRY or a NO KNOCK WARRANT – By design, they are high-risk violent assaults.

Anthony Aust, 23, jumped to his death from his family’s Ottawa apartment in the midst of an Ottawa police search that involved a dynamic entry. — https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/22/no-knock-warrants-are-under-scrutiny-in-the-us-in-canada-its-called-dynamic-entry-what-is-this-police-tactic-and-how-is-it-used.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=0B41BB051FF7EA38DB4BDD5E33BA3AB2&utm_campaign=frst_34400

IN THE OLD DAYS, when cops found weed in your car they’d charge you with possession of a controlled substance. NOW they charge you with impaired driving. IN THE OLD DAYS cops needed a reasonable suspicion to demand a breath sample. NOW breath demands are mandatory and arbitrary.

Vancouver lawyer Sarah Leamon points out that there's been no flood of weed-fuelled motorists on the roads since cannabis was legalized. — https://www.straight.com/news/sarah-leamon-feds-mostly-missed-mark-with-changes-to-impaired-driving-laws

The Milton courthouse is closed. Milton’s beleaguered courthouse was surviving the pandemic. It couldn’t survive mould.

https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/21685/closure-of-milton-courthouse-due-to-mould-will-have-serious-impact-says-local-law-association-head

ENHANCED DESIGNATION OF COUNSEL – NEW CRIMINAL COURT PROCEDURE – All criminal law practitioners must read and understand the Practice Direction of the Chief Justice.

https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19-old/alternate-form-appearance/