On today’s date the European Court of Human Rights issued it’s long awaited Judgment assessing the conflict between privacy and security in the technological age. In it’s decision which may be found here.  The Court set out the minimum preconditions, including prior judicial authorization, required by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union before EU state agencies, including those of the UK, can gather, store and analyze metadata.

Casey Leggett, working with Greg Delbigio Q.C. and Lisa Sturgess, successfully challenged the constitutionality of S. 36 (1) and S. 36 (2) of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act which purported to authorize the introduction of a summary of hearsay and opinion and documentary evidence obtained internationally in domestic Canadian criminal proceedings. The Judgment of Mr. Justice Ehrcke is found here.