September 28, 2010
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The Problem
A curious onlooker to the "C20" protests in the fictitious city of Falconer, Flavelle (with a constitution identical to Canada’s) was swept up with a crowd of violent protestors. She was forced to wait at the site of the protests for an hour, then kept in a detention centre for 20 hours before being released without any charges laid. She brought an action in tort and for breach of her s. 9 Charter rights against the Police for her detention, arguing that by detaining her, the Police had committed the tort of wrongful imprisonment. She also moved to have the court declare that the mass arrest and the conditions in the detention facility violated her rights under s. 9 of the Charter, and requested that the court exercise its power to grant damages under s. 24(1).
The Judges' Panel
Justice Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada
Justice Robert Blair, Ontario Court of Appeal
Justice Julie Thorburn, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
(L-R) Justice Robert Blair (ONCA), Justice Marshall Rothstein (SCC), Justice Julie Thorburn (Ont. Sup. Ct.).
The Mooters
Helen Burnett
Mike Laskey
- Padriac Ryan
Sinziana Tuglea
(L-R) Padriac Ryan, Sinziana Tuglea, Helen Burnett & Mike Laskey
The Co-Chief Justices of the Moot Court Committee
Sabrina Bandali
Lauren Posloski
