What is the test for an application for habeas corpus?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Keiros-Meyer v Canada (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 1104 (CanLII):
On an application for habeas corpus, the applicant must show that he has suffered a deprivation of liberty and some basis to question the legality of that deprivation. If the applicant does so, the respondent must show that the deprivation was lawful: May, at paras. 71, 74, 77; and Mission Institution v. Khela, 2014 SCC 24 at paras. 30 and 41.
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