What is the test for warrantless searches of a corporation?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Love, 1999 CanLII 14056 (MB QB):
By virtue of s. 8 of the Charter, citizens, including corporations, are protected against unreasonable search or seizure. A warrantless search is prima facie an unreasonable one. See Hunter v. Southam Inc., 1984 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145.
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