In what circumstances will the police be able to reasonably investigate allegations of sexual assault?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from 495793 Ontario Ltd. et al v. Barclay et al, 2014 ONSC 3517 (CanLII):
In a British case, Dumbell v. Roberts, [1944] 1 All E.R. 326, as quoted at para. 44 of Lloyd, the court observed that police ought to “be quick to see the possibility of crime, but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty.”
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