CCLA and CLA Welcome Injunction Halting Mandatory Cash Bail

Three lawyers leaving Osgoode Hall.

The CLA and CCLA welcome the injunction to the mandatory cash bail provisions ordered today by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Until a final judgment is rendered in this case, the cash bail provisions will not be in effect.

Our organizations argued that the province does not have the power under the Constitution to remove judicial discretion to decide the terms of bail or to violate the s. 11(e) Charter right to reasonable bail.

The reasons for the injunction can be read here.