How has the writ of habeas corpus been interpreted in the context of a civil case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Athwal and Zakis v. Warden of Ferndale Institution et al, 2006 BCSC 1386 (CanLII):
Cory J. in Idziak v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 1992 CanLII 51 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 631, (1992), 97 D.L.R. (4th) 577 at para. 23 noted that: The writ of habeas corpus is steeped in history and was one of the earliest means employed by free subjects to guarantee their liberty. It has for centuries been a weapon in the war against tyranny of wrongful imprisonment.
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