Law Society of Alberta v Sidhu

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Citation2017 ABCA 224
Date04 July 2017
Docket Number1601-0066-AC
Subject MatterCRIMINAL LAW,CIVIL RIGHTS,STATUTES

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8 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 3 ' 7, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 13, 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......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...(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 ............................
  • Search and Seizure
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...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......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Professional Regulation Cases
    • May 3, 2019
    ...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)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 24, 2023
    ...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......
  • Binance Holdings Ltd v Ontario Securities Commission
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • November 6, 2025
    ...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
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 3 ' 7, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 13, 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......
  • Professional Regulatory Alert: Your Career May Be An Open Book: Privacy and Regulatory Investigations
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • September 12, 2017
    ...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......
  • Your Career May Be An Open Book: Privacy And Regulatory Investigations
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 13, 2017
    ...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
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Professional Regulation Cases
    • May 3, 2019
    ...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) .........................
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...(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 ............................
  • Search and Seizure
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...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......
  • Investigations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Professional Regulation Cases
    • May 3, 2019
    ..., 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......