Year: 2016
June 30, 2016
HMQ v Postmedia Network Inc et al 2016 SKPC 089
The SKPC refused to grant a mandatory publication ban and determined that Section 486.4(2.2) of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional. Judge Martinez also refused to grant a discretionary publication ban under Section 486.5 of the Criminal Code.
June 28, 2016
Goldhar v Haaretz.com 2016 ONCA 515
The plaintiff lives and works in Ontario but owns a popular soccer team and has a residence in Israel, which he visits several times a year. The libel action related to a newspaper column about ...
June 14, 2016
R v Cabero et al 2016 ONSC 3844
The Court rejected an application by defence counsel for a publication ban over an ITO used to get DNA search warrants.
May 31, 2016
2016 Quebec Superior Court Ghalmi Judgment
Representatives for several media were successful in obtaining a copy of a sworn statement presented ex parte by an RCMP officer to a Quebec Court judge tasked with issuing a summons under s. 810 of the CCC.
May 18, 2016
J.K. v The Korea Times et al 2016 ONCA 375
This ONCA decision summarizes the analysis required in considering the adequacy of a libel notice.