Civil forfeiture for future unlawful activity, sentencing after a jury verdict, and notice of injunction required

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Unlike in the United States, where property rights are constitutionally protected, there is no similar protection in the Canadian Charter. Various provinces, including British Columbia, have set up civil forfeiture regimes that permit property to be seized absent any criminal conviction. Civil forfeiture can occur based on a civil standard of a balance of probabilities, rather than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In British Columbia...