CMN 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Open Court Principle, Linden Macintyre, Narcotic Control Act

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3105
• Professor: Mark Lowes

Document Summary

Lecture 3 & 4: macintyre and the open court. Supreme court of canada has to clarify the rules with respect to who has access to documents concerning search warrants. Open court principle is what guides the analysis of this case and the problem put forth by the respondent. Macintyre case is important because the 2 conflicting interests raised in it can be extrapolated in other contexts arguments presented on the question of privacy are being used in cases until this day. Appellant: the party that launched the appeal. Attorney general of nova scotia and ernest harold grainger. Appeal status: dismissed, so the appellants lost. Interveners: 3rd party that has been granted standing. Standing: appeal court has considered an appeal from a third party and agrees that third party may appear before the supreme court during a hearing, status. Criminal law trial search warrants, right to inspect search warrants and information on which search warrants are based.