Canada: Criminal Law

Two recent Ontario Superior Court decisions examine the boundaries of warrantless searches and the evidentiary standards required for search warrants. In R. v. Day, the court upheld a cellphone search warrant based on common-sense inferences about a teenager's phone usage, while R. v. Green saw evidence excluded after officers conducted a warrantless search of a shelter unit without true exigency, raising concerns about unconscious bias in policing practices.

The FIFA World Cup Final is over. Official hospitality for the tournament ranged from roughly $2,500 per person for a single match to $73,200 per person for a series including the Final, with corporate suites and private boxes climbing well beyond $100,000.

The misuse of artificial intelligence by litigants and lawyers continues to be alarming. Although it is well-documented that generative artificial intelligence platforms have a tendency to produce inaccurate answers to legal questions, and, moreover, to produce output which references non-existing cases or which inaccurately portrays legal propositions in existing cases, these tools continue to be used recklessly.