R. v. Chow

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeHuscroft,Miller,Tulloch
Citation2022 ONCA 555
Date26 July 2022
Docket NumberC69859

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6 practice notes
  • What Is a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Search and Seizure
    • November 18, 2023
    ...be approached with “caution,” at least concerning co-occupants and co-users of shared spaces: Hassan, above note 52 at 49. 452 R v Chow, 2022 ONCA 555 [Chow]. 453 Ibid at paras 27–43. 454 We note there were three separate views on REP in this case: the trial judge inding that the owner had ......
  • R v Morgan
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 19, 2025
    ...concerns, particularly public safety and security, must be factored into the reasonable expectation of privacy calculus: R. v. Chow, 2022 ONCA 555, 163 O.R. (3d) 241, at para. 34; Orlandis-Habsburgo, at paras. 41–47; Goodwin, at paras. 55, 63; Mills, at paras. 59–60. The need to consider th......
  • R v Louie
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • June 12, 2023
    ...a reasonable expectation of privacy exists in a given circumstance is a question of law, so I will still consider this issue: R v Chow, 2022 ONCA 555 at para 25; R v Telfer, 2021 MBCA 38 at para 23; R v Pipping, 2020 BCCA 104 at para 32. As will be seen, this is the central issue in this 17......
  • R v Sandhu
    • Canada
    • Alberta Court of Justice
    • April 2, 2025
    ...in the residence and seized the firearms pursuant to their authority under section 489(2)(c). See also R v Kane, 2024 BCPC 197; R v Chow, 2022 ONCA 555; R v R.M.J.T., 2014 MBCA 35 In my view, section 489(2) is not applicable to a seizure that is part of a search, as is the case here. I find......
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  • R. v. Matthews
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 23, 2023
    ...R. v. Virk, [2017] O.J. No. 7225 (Sup Ct) 21; R. v. Mellenthin, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 615 22; R. v. Le, [2019] S.C.J. No. 34 23; R. v. Chow, 2022 ONCA 555 Suspension of Right to Counsel – (Section 10(b)) 24; R. v. Suberu, [2009] 2 S.C.R. 460 25; R. v. Thomsen [1988] 1 S.C.R. 640 26; R. v. George ......
  • R. v. Dosanjh
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • October 7, 2022
    ...is to remain a free, democratic and open society”: Ward, at para. 87. See also Reeves, at para. 28; Mills, at para. 20; R. v. Chow, 2022 ONCA 555, at paras. 21, 34. Section 8 of the Charter does not establish a free-standing, automatic right to privacy. Rather, it is a right to protection f......
  • R. v. Singh
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • January 31, 2024
    ...concerns, particularly public safety and security, must be factored into the reasonable expectation of privacy calculus: R. v. Chow, 2022 ONCA 555, 163 O.R. (3d) 241, at para. 34; Orlandis-Habsburgo, at paras. 41-47; Goodwin, at paras. 55, 63; Mills, at paras. 59-60. The need to consider th......
  • R. v. Morgan
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 19, 2025
    ...particularly public safety and security, must be factored into the reasonable expectation of privacy calculus: R. v. Chow, 2022 ONCA 555, 163 O.R. (3d) 241, at para. 34; Orlandis-Habsburgo, at paras. 41-47; Goodwin, at paras. 55, 63; Mills, at paras.&......
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2 books & journal articles
  • What Is a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Search and Seizure
    • November 18, 2023
    ...be approached with “caution,” at least concerning co-occupants and co-users of shared spaces: Hassan, above note 52 at 49. 452 R v Chow, 2022 ONCA 555 [Chow]. 453 Ibid at paras 27–43. 454 We note there were three separate views on REP in this case: the trial judge inding that the owner had ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Search and Seizure
    • November 18, 2023
    ...228, 229, 230, 264, 304 R v Chehil, 2013 SCC 49 ........................148, 150, 151–52, 245–46, 248, 259, 260, 261–62, 313–14 R v Chow, 2022 ONCA 555 ........................................................................ 141, 142 R v Clark, 2015 BCCA 488 ......................................