Police Negligence

The freedom to protest is a fundamental right in Canada and a cornerstone of the famed Canadian democracy. Through our freedom of expression, we have the right to create public awareness of contentious issues and influence the powers to be on important policy matters.

Prior to 1989, individuals who had been found innocent of crimes were unable to seek civil actions against their prosecutors, regardless of circumstance, due to absolute immunity for Crown Prosecutors and the Attorney General.

It is everyone’s nightmare that he or she might be the victim of a crime, particularly one involving violence. But many do not consider that their suffering may have occurred as a result of a failure by the police to properly investigate a crime or adequately warn members of the public..

In 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that suspects would be allowed to sue the police for negligence due to events surrounding their arrest, intake, or incarceration, or for perceived “shoddy detective work” during the investigation against them.