Case Commentaries.

The article focuses on the suspect's right to counsel and obtain legal advice during police detention in Great Britain and Canada. It notes that as both the British and the Canadian supreme court recognize a detained suspect's right to a legal advice before being interviewed by the police, they have different approach. It tells that while British court treated the right as bound up with the right to silence, Canadian court treated it as simply as a way to ensure the interview is an informed one.