Manifestly frivolous test, wrongful dismissal claim dismissed, and health records access unconstitutional

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The Supreme Court of Canada has created a new, very high hurdle for a judge to dismiss applications in criminal cases summarily without allowing the party making the application to call evidence. The case that gave rise to the issue involved an application for a stay of proceedings brought by two men found guilty of six murder charges. The trial judge refused to hear an application for the stay of proceedings based on several allegations...