Publications
Police Record Checks
A police record check is a search of police databases to determine if they contain any entries (information) relating to an individual. Many employers, volunteer organizations and others use police record checks as a screening tool. That is, they use police record checks to assess applicants’ suitability for opportunities. Determining what information should be disclosed in the results of a police record check involves balancing public safety interests with an applicant’s privacy and human rights. […]
| AREA OF LAW | Constitutional and Public Law Landlord and Tenant |
| TAGS | police, employer, screening, volunteer, criminal, landlord, privacy, record |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | Police-Record-Checks-Prelim-Research.pdf |
May 28, 2020
Trade Secrets, Final Report 46
The legal protection of trade secrets is a desirable objective for the law to pursue and requires improvement through the implementation of new civil and criminal law measures. This report recommends the creation of two new statutory torts to protect the plaintiff who is without an agreement that is governed by the general law of contract. The first tort is aimed at industrial espionage in relation to trade secrets and would make the acquisition of […]
| AREA OF LAW | Property |
| TAGS | confidence, disclosure, fiduciary, freedom, patent, privacy, tort, trade secret |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr046.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Draft statute adopted by Uniform Law Conference of Canada, Victoria, BC, August 1987. |
July 1, 1986
Report on Confidentiality of Government Held Information
| AREA OF LAW | Constitutional and Public Law |
| TAGS | information, redact, confidentiality, foip, transparency, accountability, government, private, freedom, privacy |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-73_18-Confid-Govt-Info_Hirsche.pdf |
January 1, 1973