Wiche v. Ontario et al., [2001] O.T.C. 359 (SupCt)

• Judge: Ground, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: May 15, 2001
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2001] O.T.C. 359 (SupCt)

Wiche v. Ont., [2001] O.T.C. 359 (SupCt)

MLB headnote and full text

Temp. Cite: [2001] O.T.C. TBEd. MY.115

Robert Wiche (plaintiff) v. Her Majesty The Queen in right of Ontario, The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Andre Marin and James Harding (defendants)

(98-CV-141877CM)

Indexed As: Wiche v. Ontario et al.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Ground, J.

May 15, 2001.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Criminal Law - Topic 4505

Procedure - Trial - Special duties of Crown - Duty to disclose evidence prior to trial - See paragraphs 101 to 112.

Criminal Law - Topic 5320

Evidence and witnesses - Inferences - From failure to call witness - See paragraphs 120 to 130.

Crown - Topic 1567

Torts by and against Crown - Negligence by Crown - Negligent investigation and preparation of reports - See paragraphs 59 to 84.

Crown - Topic 1604

Torts by and against Crown - Actions against Crown - Public authority protection legislation - Persons or acts protected - See paragraphs 54 to 58.

Crown - Topic 2803

Crown immunity - General - Immunity under provincial legislation - See paragraphs 93 to 97.

Crown - Topic 4427

Actions by and against Crown in right of a province - Proceedings against the Crown Acts - Actions to which Act applicable - See paragraphs 93 to 97 and 113.

Crown - Topic 4925

Actions against Attorney General - Negligence - Arising out of prosecutions - See paragraphs 66 to 84.

Crown - Topic 4941

Actions against Attorney General - Malicious prosecution - General - See paragraphs 66 to 84.

Crown - Topic 5107

Officials and employees - General - Personal liability for Charter violations - See paragraphs 113 to 119.

Damage Awards - Topic 678

Torts/Quebec responsibility - Abuse of legal procedures - Malicious prosecution - See paragraphs 134 to 143.

Police - Topic 6002

Actions by police - When available - See paragraphs 85 and 86.

Torts - Topic 6156

Abuse of legal procedure - Malicious prosecution - Malice - What constitutes - See paragraphs 35 to 44.

Torts - Topic 6161

Abuse of legal procedure - Malicious prosecution - Reasonable and probable cause - See paragraphs 30 to 34.

Torts - Topic 6163

Abuse of legal procedure - Malicious prosecution - Persons responsible - See paragraphs 45 to 84.

Torts - Topic 6164

Abuse of legal procedure - Malicious prosecution - Actions against tribunals (incl. professional associations, discipline committees, etc.) - See paragraphs 29 to 44.

Torts - Topic 9162

Duty of care - Particular relationships - Claims against public officials, authorities or boards - Misfeasance in or abuse of public office - See paragraphs 87 to 92.

Cases Noticed:

Nelles v. Ontario et al., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 170; 98 N.R. 321; 35 O.A.C. 161; 60 D.L.R.(4th) 609; 49 C.C.L.T. 217, refd to. [para. 29].

Hicks v. Faulkner (1878), 8 Q.B.D. 167, refd to. [para. 30].

R. v. Storrey, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 241; 105 N.R. 81; 37 O.A.C. 161; 53 C.C.C.(3d) 316, refd to. [para. 31].

R. v. Hall (R.) (1995), 79 O.A.C. 24; 22 O.R.(3d) 289 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 32].

Abrath v. North Eastern Railway (1883), 11 Q.B.D. 440 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 36].

Carpenter v. MacDonald (1978), 21 O.R.(2d) 165 (Dist. Ct.), affd. (1979), 27 O.R.(2d) 730 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 36].

Oneil v. Metropolitan Toronto Police Force et al. (2001), 141 O.A.C. 201; 195 D.L.R.(4th) 59 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 38].

Oneil v. Marks - see Oneil v. Metropolitan Toronto Police Force et al.

Watters v. Pacific Delivery Service Ltd. (1963), 42 D.L.R.(2d) 661 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 40].

Klein et al. v. Seiferling et al., [1999] 10 W.W.R. 554; 179 Sask.R. 161 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 41].

Berman v. Jenson (1989), 77 Sask.R. 161 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 47].

Danby v. Beardsley (1880), 43 L.T. 603 (C.P. Div.), refd to. [para. 48].

Frigault v. Bartram, MacNeil and Goss (1995), 167 A.R. 216 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 50].

Riopel v. Metis Urban Housing Corp. of Alberta Inc. et al. (1996), 185 A.R. 161 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 50].

Curry v. Dargie (1984), 62 N.S.R.(2d) 416; 136 A.P.R. 416; 28 C.C.L.T. 93 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 57].

Richman v. McMurtry (1983), 25 C.C.L.T. 152 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 57].

Al's Steakhouse and Tavern Inc. et al. v. Deloitte & Touche et al. (1994), 20 O.R.(3d) 673 (Gen. Div.), affd. (1997), 102 O.A.C. 144; 13 C.P.C.(4th) 90 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 67].

German v. Major (1985), 62 A.R. 2; 20 D.L.R.(4th) 703 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 71].

Munro et al. v. Canada (1993), 16 O.R.(3d) 564; 110 D.L.R.(4th) 580 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 73].

Reynen v. Canada et al. (1995), 184 N.R. 350 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 76].

Calveley v. Chief Constable of Merseyside et al., [1989] 1 Q.B. 136 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 77].

Hill Estate v. Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, [1988] 2 All E.R. 238; [1988] 2 W.L.R. 1049; 102 N.R. 241 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 78].

McGillivary v. New Brunswick (1994), 149 N.B.R.(2d) 311; 381 A.P.R. 311; 92 C.C.C.(3d) 187 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused (1995), 188 N.R. 319; 164 N.B.R.(2d) 317; 421 A.P.R. 317; 95 C.C.C.(3d) vi (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 79].

Beckstead v. Ottawa (City) Chief of Police (1995), 37 O.R.(3d) 64 (Gen. Div.), affd. [1997] O.A.C. Uned. 568; 37 O.R.(3d) 62 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 81].

Odhavji Estate et al. v. Woodhouse et al. (2000), 142 O.A.C. 149; 194 D.L.R.(4th) 577 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 85].

Three Rivers District Council et al. v. Bank of England (No. 3), [2000] 2 W.L.R. 1220 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 87].

Three Rivers District Council et al. v. Bank of England (No. 3) (2000), 150 New L.J. 769 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 88].

Owsley v. Ontario (1983), 34 C.P.C. 96 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 95].

Celik v. St. Paul Insurance Co., [1999] O.T.C. Uned. 934 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 96].

R. v. O'Connor (H.P.), [1995] 4 S.C.R. 411; 191 N.R. 1; 68 B.C.A.C. 1; 112 W.A.C. 1; [1996] 2 W.W.R. 153; 103 C.C.C.(3d) 1; 44 C.R.(4th) 1; 29 W.C.B.(2d) 152, refd to. [para. 102].

R. v. Dixon (S.), [1998] 1 S.C.R. 244; 222 N.R. 243; 166 N.S.R.(2d) 241; 498 A.P.R. 241; 122 C.C.C.(3d) 1, refd to. [para. 103].

Doe v. Metropolitan Toronto (Municipality) Commissioners of Police (1998), 39 O.R.(3d) 487 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 106].

Haughian v. Paine (1987), 55 Sask.R. 99; 37 D.L.R.(4th) 624 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused, [1987] 6 W.W.R. lix (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 122].

Mourant et al. v. McLean (1976), 15 N.B.R.(2d) 644; 18 A.P.R. 644 (Q.B.), affd. (1977), 17 N.B.R.(2d) 93; 23 A.P.R. 93 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 123].

Lambert v. Quinn et al. (1994), 68 O.A.C. 352; 110 D.L.R.(4th) 284 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 128].

Barthelotte v. Mockler et al. (1986), 71 N.B.R.(2d) 371; 182 A.P.R. 371 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 129].

Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto and Manning (1994), 71 O.A.C. 161; 18 O.R.(3d) 385 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 134].

Hodgson v. Canadian Newspapers Co. et al. (1998), 68 O.T.C. 81; 39 O.R.(3d) 235 (Gen. Div.), affd. (2000), 133 O.A.C. 174; 49 O.R.(3d) 161 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 134].

Savile v. Roberts (1698), 1 Ld. Raym. 374, refd to. [para. 135].

Wood v. Kennedy (1998), 76 O.T.C. 321; 165 D.L.R.(4th) 542 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 137].

Naseiro v. Creighton (1999), 96 O.T.C. 99 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 138].

Canada v. Lukasik (1985), 58 A.R. 313; 37 Alta. L.R.(2d) 170 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 138].

McTaggart v. Ontario (Attorney General) et al., [2000] O.T.C. 855 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 140].

Statutes Noticed:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, sect. 7, sect. 11 [para. 101].

Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P-15, sect. 113 [para. 11].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Allen, David K., Damages in Tort (2000), pp. 199, 200 [para. 139].

Ceyssens, Paul, Legal Aspects of Policing (1994), p. 3-105 [para. 31].

Fleming, John G., The Law of Torts (5th Ed. 1977), p. 598 [para. 29].

Fleming, John G., The Law of Torts (8th Ed. 1992), pp. 620, 621 [para. 38].

Fridman, Gerald Henry Louis, The Law of Torts in Canada (1990), vol. 2, p. 246 [para. 137].

Gibson, Dale and Gee, John, in Beaudoin, Gérald A., and Mendes, Errol P., The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (3rd Ed. 1996), p. 19-36 [para. 109].

Gibson, Dale, The Law of the Charter: General Principles (1986), p. 205 [para. 111].

Hogg, Peter W., Constitutional Law of Canada (2000 Looseleaf Ed.), p. 37-22 [para. 110].

Otis, Ghislain, Personal Liability of Public Officials for Constitutional Wrongdoing: A Neglected Issue of Charter Application (1996), 24 Man. L.J. 23, generally [para. 117].

Pilkington, Marilyn L., Damages as a Remedy for Infringement of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1984), 62 Can. Bar Rev. 517, pp. 555, 556 [para. 116].

Roach, Kent, Constitutional Remedies in Canada (2000 Looseleaf Ed.), pp. 11-26 [para. 115]; 12.230 [para. 107]; 12.330 [para. 108].

Strayer, Barry L., The Canadian Constitution and the Courts: The Function and Scope of Judicial Review (3rd Ed. 1988), p. 309 [para. 114].

Counsel:

Adrian Hill and Sonja Turajlich, for the plaintiff;

Dennis Brown, Joanna Rainbow and Michael Fleishman, for the defendants.

This action was heard on November 28, 29, 30 and December 1, 4, 5, 11 to 15, 2000, January 5, 8 to 12, 16 to 19, 22 to 26, 29 to 31 and February 1, 2, and 12 to 15, 2001, before Ground, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following judgment on May 15, 2001.

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