CLE-TV: Search and Seizure I - Getting Your Foot in the Door

BONUS: Attendees of this course will receive an exclusive digital copy of "Review of Search Warrants" by retired BC Supreme Court Justice the Honourable R. Selwyn Romilly. 

This 600 page reference work provides a comprehensive analysis of the law of search and seizure in Canada. Check out the table of contents here: bit.ly/2fy2DFs

—Rebroadcast—
"Jump Start on CPD 2017"
Friday, March 3, 2017; 9:00 am – 10:30 am

(Original date: November 9, 2016)

Who should attend: Prosecution and defence criminal lawyers.

Learning level: All levels

Learn to formulate a basis in challenging a search and the preliminary steps.

This is the first course in the CLE-TV: Search and Seizure Series. The other courses in the series are:

II.    The Review Hearing and Applicable Principles
III.   Moving Beyond the Validity of the Warrant

Join us for all three courses in the series and receive a discount, or choose the individual courses that are most applicable to you.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 1.5 hours (a minimum of 0.25 hour will involve aspects of professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management).

Course Chairs
The Honourable Selwyn R. Romilly — Supreme Court of BC (Retired), Vancouver
Neil L. Cobb — Cobb St. Pierre Lewis, Vancouver
W. Paul Riley, QC — Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Vancouver

Pricing
"Jump Start on CPD 2017"
$135   *Early Bird register by January 30, 2017 and SAVE!
$150   After January 30, 2017
Save even more with your CPDone Pass.

Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

Webinar Archive: This course will be added to the Webinar Archive. See below to subscribe. Webinar Archive version of this course does not include the course materials prepared by the Honourable R. Selwyn Romilly.

Unable to attend without financial support? Learn more about CLEBC's Bursary Program and Easy Pay Plan.

Can't make the live course/live webinar?

1. Order the online course materials, an archive of all CLEBC papers published since 2001. ... OR
2. Subscribe to the Webinar Archive, a repository of recordings of most CLEBC past courses.

Annual subscription rates for both options are based on firm size.

CLEBC Program Lawyer
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca

Course Chairs
The Honourable Selwyn R. Romilly — Supreme Court of BC (Retired), Vancouver
Neil L. Cobb — Cobb St. Pierre Lewis, Vancouver
W. Paul Riley, QC — Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Vancouver

Exigent Circumstances as an Exemption to the Constitutional Standard of Prior Authorization

Relationship Between s. 7 and s. 8 of the Charter

Concept of Reasonableness under s. 8 of the Charter

Control of Subject Matter (or Lack Thereof) Not Determinative of s. 8 Charter Inquiry

Facial and Sub-Facial Review of Search Warrants

Review of Wiretap Authorizations vs. Review of Search Warrants

Leave to Cross-Examine an Affiant or Sub-Affiant

• the threshold, constitutionality of threshold
• procedure when leave granted
• disclosure of police files, informer materials

Full, Fair, Frank Disclosure of Material Facts

• what constitutes material facts
• effect of new evidence, fraud non-disclosure
• existence of residual discretion to invalidate