R. v. Jarvis: Did the SCC cast the criminal liability net too wide?

By Hodine Williams ( February 26, 2025, 3:21 PM EST) -- In a landmark decision that has sparked heated debate across legal and public spheres, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) redefined the boundaries of privacy in R. v. Jarvis, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 488. But did they go too far? The case, involving a high school teacher who secretly recorded his female students, has pushed the limits of what constitutes a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in the digital age....
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