Grand Moot 2010

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).

• Read the full problem (PDF)

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