Year: 2016
October 28, 2016
Foulidis v Foulidis 2016 ONSC 6732
In this ONSC judgment, a sealing order in a family court file was set aside and limits were put on a publication ban. The judgment also speaks about the new Ontario Notice Procedure.
October 20, 2016
Endean v British Columbia 2016 SCC 42
The majority of the court held that superior court judges have a discretionary power to sit together outside their home provinces to hear a motion without oral evidence in the context of a pan‑Canadian settlement agreement. And, that a video link between the out‑of‑province courtroom where the hearing takes place and a courtroom in the judge’s home province is not a condition for a judge to be able to sit outside his or her home province.
September 13, 2016
HMQ v Vader ABQB September 13 2016
The Alberta Court of Queens Bench allowed cameras to broadcast a murder trial verdict.
September 13, 2016
R v Derbyshire 2016 NSCA 67
The NSCA refused to extend a publication ban on the names of undercover officers, citing the importance of court openness.
September 13, 2016
2016 SKQB 300
The SKQB grants an order for judicial review quashing a decision of the Provincial Court on a publication ban. And, it analyzes some jurisdictional issues related to who can seek pub bans under Section 486.4 of the Criminal Code.