Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu
| Jurisdiction | Alberta |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Alberta) |
| Citation | 2017 ABCA 224 |
| Date | 04 July 2017 |
| Docket Number | 1601-0066-AC |
| Subject Matter | CRIMINAL LAW,CIVIL RIGHTS,STATUTES |
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8 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 3 ' 7, 2025)
...International Inc. (Re), (2003), 26 O.S.C.B 1307, Bogaerts v. Ontario (Attorney General),2019 ONCA 876, Law Society of Alberta v. Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224, Power Workers' Union v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 182, Strickland v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 37, Yatar v. TD Insuranc......
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Table of cases
...(Attorney General); R v Fink, [2002] 3 SCR 209, 167 CCC (3d) 1, 2002 SCC 61 .............. 202, 332 Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224 ............................................... 194 Lemay v The King (1951), [1952] 1 SCR 232, 102 CCC 1, [1951] SCJ No 42 ............................
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Search and Seizure
...they held that reliance on Jarvis in this context was misplaced. Jarvis had 557 See, for example, Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu , 2017 ABCA 224 at para 17, upholding a search made into a lawyer’s conduct by the Law Society: “What is unreasonable in a criminal investigation may well be reas......
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Table of Cases
...37 Laperriere v Macleod , 2010 FC 97 ......................................................... 115 Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu , 2017 ABCA 224 .............................................. 95 Law Society of Manitoba v Malburg , 1989 CanLII 5273, 62 DLR (4th) 193 (CA) .........................
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T.L. v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
...2003) [Vancouver School District]. [151]    Finally, I have found the discussion in Law Society of Alberta v. Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224 instructive. In that case, the Alberta Court of Appeal assessed the constitutionality of a provision allowing the Law Society to order the produc......
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Binance Holdings Ltd v Ontario Securities Commission
...at hand: see, Bogaerts v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 876, 448 C.R.R. (2d) 1, at para. 42; Law Society of Alberta v. Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224, 413 D.L.R. (4th), at para. 25; Power Workers' Union v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 182, 498 D.L.R. (4th) 504, leave to appeal refused ......
3 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 3 ' 7, 2025)
...International Inc. (Re), (2003), 26 O.S.C.B 1307, Bogaerts v. Ontario (Attorney General),2019 ONCA 876, Law Society of Alberta v. Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224, Power Workers' Union v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 182, Strickland v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 37, Yatar v. TD Insuranc......
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Professional Regulatory Alert: Your Career May Be An Open Book: Privacy and Regulatory Investigations
...would otherwise be unauthorized and a breach of an accused’s Charter rights in a criminal investigation. Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224, involved an appeal by a lawyer who was investigated by the Law Society of Alberta after he was criminally charged with transporting drugs i......
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Your Career May Be An Open Book: Privacy And Regulatory Investigations
...would otherwise be unauthorized and a breach of an accused's Charter rights in a criminal investigation. Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224, involved an appeal by a lawyer who was investigated by the Law Society of Alberta after he was criminally charged with transporting drugs i......
4 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...37 Laperriere v Macleod , 2010 FC 97 ......................................................... 115 Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu , 2017 ABCA 224 .............................................. 95 Law Society of Manitoba v Malburg , 1989 CanLII 5273, 62 DLR (4th) 193 (CA) .........................
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Table of cases
...(Attorney General); R v Fink, [2002] 3 SCR 209, 167 CCC (3d) 1, 2002 SCC 61 .............. 202, 332 Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu, 2017 ABCA 224 ............................................... 194 Lemay v The King (1951), [1952] 1 SCR 232, 102 CCC 1, [1951] SCJ No 42 ............................
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Search and Seizure
...they held that reliance on Jarvis in this context was misplaced. Jarvis had 557 See, for example, Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu , 2017 ABCA 224 at para 17, upholding a search made into a lawyer’s conduct by the Law Society: “What is unreasonable in a criminal investigation may well be reas......
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Investigations
..., 2004 CanLII 48653, 74 OR (3d) 1 at paras 39, 43 (CA). 48 Sazant , supra note 36 at paras 174-76; Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu , 2017 ABCA 224 at paras 21-23 ; British Columbia Securities Commission v Branch , [1995] 2 SCR 3 at paras 51-52, 58 . 49 Sazant , supra note 36 at 159-70. Copyr......