Year: 2015
December 10, 2015
Crouch v Snell 2015 NSSC 340
Nova Scotia's Cyber-safety Act is found to be unconstitutional based on s.2(b) and s.7 infringements.
November 24, 2015
Casses v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2015 BCSC 2150
In a lengthy judgment following a 7 week trial, CBC succeeded in a responsible communication defence in relation to a investigative series regarding a surgeon.
November 17, 2015
R v Clark 2015 ABQB 729
Several media outlets successfully applied to quash a publication ban that had been imposed at a preliminary inquiry in which the new sections 486.4(2.1) and (2.2) of the Criminal Code were cited.
November 6, 2015
R v Shawyer 2015 ABQB
This decision deals with Bill C-51 amendments to the Witness Protection Programs Act, and the recent enactment of the Safer Witnesses Act and a successful application for disclosure to the media.
October 16, 2015
Blacklock’s v Canadian Vintners Association et al 2015 CanLII 65885
The plaintiff news corporation was found to have had its copyright breached and the defence of fair dealing was found NOT to apply in this judgment from the Ottawa Small Claims Court.