Foreword

• Author: Bryan Davies
• Profession: Ministry of the Attorney General Whitby, Ontario
• Pages: 23-23

FOREWORD

You

don't

write

because

you

want

to say

something;

you

write

because

you

have

something

to

say.

— F.

Scott Fitzgerald

The

work

of

private investigators

has

typically been viewed

as a

poor cousin

to the

rest

of

the

Canadian legal system. Misunderstood

and

seen

as

practitioners

of a

black art, private

investigators have operated

in a

world that

is

perceived

as

having

few

rules

and

therefore

no

pressing need

for

scholarly attention.

In his

text

Canadian

Law

and

Private

Investigations,

not

only does Norman Groot have

something

to

say,

but his

combination

of

legal analysis

and

practical

insights

are a

wonderful

and

much needed addition

to

Canadian legal writing. Norman

has

neatly

synthesized common

law

doctrines,

Canadian

Charter

of

Rights

and

Freedoms

issues,

as

well

as

current

federal

and

provincial legislative trends into

a

highly readable work.

The

text

is

very well organized,

and it

will

no

doubt both appeal

to

students pursuing

a

career

in

this

challenging

field

and

become

an

indispensable authority

to

licensed investigators

throughout Canada.

Norman Groot

is to be

commended

for

this excellent work;

in a

society where public

policing budgets

are

under severe stress, private sector investigative work

is

certain

to

become increasingly important,

and

this text will

set the

standard

for

future

legal writing

in

this

field.

Bryan

Davies

Ministry

of the

Attorney General

Whitby,

Ontario

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