How have courts treated false arrest and false imprisonment claims?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Rollins v Niagara Regional Police Service et al., 2016 ONSC 7735 (CanLII):

In addressing the claims of false arrest and false imprisonment, Henderson J. wrote in Ernst v. Quinonez, [2003] O.J. No. 3781, at paragraph 87 and 89 as follows:

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