241 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the authority of police officers to make arrests.
In addition to an officer's subjective belief that there are reasonable and probable grounds for arrest, the Court stipulated the grounds must be objectively justifiable.
In his judgement, Cory J. followed R v Brown (1987 NSCA) and Liversidge v Anderson in stating:[2]
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