Landmark Charter Case

It took almost eight years for the case to make its way through our court system, but in the end the precedent has been set in the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the denial of Alan Ward's rights. As the article at the CBC says:

The ruling means that people whose rights have been infringed can seek damages even if they suffered no actual loss and even if the authorities acted in good faith.

So, score one for the good guys. Luckily, the denial of citizens' rights by state authorities is incredibly rare here, so it's doubtful this precedent will ever really apply to any other cases.