Hearing: April 22, 2009 Judgment: November 19, 2009
Full case name
Her Majesty The Queen v. Udhe Singh (Dave) Basi, Bobby Singh Virk and Aneal Basi
Citations
2009 SCC 52, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 389
Docket No.
32719 [1]
Prior history
Judgment for the defence in the British Columbia Court of Appeal
Ruling
Appeal allowed.
Holding
A defendant and their counsel may not access information over which informer privilege is claimed until a judge has decided that the privilege does not exist or an exception applies. This may sometimes require a hearing without the defendant or defence counsel present to resolve the issue.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Ian Binnie, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Louise Charron, Marshall Rothstein, Thomas Cromwell
Reasons given
Unanimous reasons by
Fish J.
Deschamps and Cromwell JJ. took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
R v Basi is a landmark decision by Supreme Court of Canada where the Court weighed the rights of the defendant versus the privileges of an informant in an important trial into alleged government corruption.
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