Showing posts with label Wall v. Independent Police Review Director. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wall v. Independent Police Review Director. Show all posts

Saturday, 6 July 2013

Reasons -- Parroting the Statute as a Breach of Procedural Fairness, or Leading to Unreasonableness

The vexed question of the adequacy of reasons got another outing in Wall v. Independent Police Review Director, 2013 ONSC 3312.

Here, an individual arrested during an allegedly heavy-handed police operation at the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto made a complaint about his treatment. Having spent 28 hours in custody, he was released without charge.