Stuart Zacharias comments on lawsuit against police forces over wiretapping authorization

Stuart Zacharias, a partner at Lerners LLP, who has acted as a defence lawyer for the police, says giving weight to the determinations in the previous criminal proceedings helps to promote consistency between the criminal and civil.

“The court's really reminding litigants of the significance of the determinations in the underlying criminal proceedings and how important and central a role those are going to play in the liability analysis in the subsequent civil case,” says Zacharias, who did not act in the Du Carmur case.