Law360 Canada ( January 16, 2026, 9:08 AM EST) -- Appeal by appellant from the dismissal of his civil action against the respondents. The civil action was for malicious prosecution, negligent investigation, misfeasance in public office, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) damages. The appellant was the target of a corruption investigation known as Project Bar District. A wiretap authorization was obtained based on an affidavit that misdescribed two individuals as confidential informants. The appellant was charged based on intercepted communications. The appellant launched a civil action alleging that the charges were laid without reasonable and probable grounds and were motivated by animus. He argued that the wiretap evidence was inadmissible in the civil trial due to the deception in the affidavit and that the charges were not supported by proper grounds. The trial judge admitted the intercepted communications, found that the police had both subjective and objective grounds to lay the charges, and dismissed the civil claims. The appellant challenged the admissibility of the wiretap evidence, the finding of reasonable and probable grounds, and the dismissal of his claims. The issues were whether the trial judge erred in holding that the intercepted communications were admissible, in finding that the police had subjective and reasonable grounds to charge the appellant, and in finding that the alleged wrongs had not been proved....