cover image: Report of the Joint Criminal/Civil Section Working Group on : Rapport sur le délit depoursuite abusive présenté par le Groupe de travail conjoint de la section civile et de la section pénale

Premium

20.500.12592/fjm9ts

Report of the Joint Criminal/Civil Section Working Group on : Rapport sur le délit depoursuite abusive présenté par le Groupe de travail conjoint de la section civile et de la section pénale

12 Feb 2008

This paper reviews in detail the developments in the common law tort of malicious prosecution from the Nelles v. Ontario decision and its subsequent interpretations by the judiciary up to the recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision in Miazga v. Kvello Estate. In response to these developments and to the concerns, the working group has considered in this paper the merits of making Attorneys General solely liable for the tort of malicious prosecution, the development of methods to more effectively weed out frivolous lawsuits, and the prospect of tightening through uniform law the criteria that are used to determine whether a malicious prosecution action can be commenced against a Crown.
government politics comparative law crime criminal justice common law criminal law evidence law libel and slander negligence prosecution prosecutors torts judge immunity discretion court crime, law and justice judiciary trial (court) ethical principles attorney general burden of proof (law) motion tort prosecutor motions malicious prosecution

Authors

Mungovan, Judy

Pages
39
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

Related Topics

All