Canlii Supreme Court of Canada – Torts – Negligence – Duty of care – Police investigation – Whether police owe duty of care to suspects in criminal investigations – If so, standard of care required by police investigating a suspect – Whether police officers’ conduct in investigating suspect was negligent.
Police – Investigation – Negligence – Whether Canadian law recognizes tort of negligent investigation.
McLachlin CJ and Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron and Rothstein JJ
2007 SCC 41, 40 MPLR (4th) 1, 230 OAC 260, 160 ACWS (3d) 573, [2007] SCJ No 41 (QL), JE 2007-1867, [2007] CarswellOnt 6265, 64 Admin LR (4th) 163, 50 CCLT (3d) 1, 368 NR 1, 50 CR (6th) 279, 285 DLR (4th) 620, 87 OR (3d) 397, [2007] 3 SCR 129, 2007 SCC 41 (CanLII)
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Cited – Moulton v Chief Constable of The West Midlands CA 13-May-2010
The claimant appealed against dismissal of his claim for damages for malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office. He had been arrested and held on allegations of serious sexual assaults, but then released when the matter came to the Crown . .
Cited – Michael and Others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police and Another SC 28-Jan-2015
The claimants asserted negligence in the defendant in failing to provide an adequate response to an emergency call, leading, they said to the death of their daughter at the hands of her violent partner. They claimed also under the 1998 Act. The . .
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Updated: 26 October 2021; Ref: scu.556825