August 16, 2019
R v Minassian 2019 ONSC 4455
The ONSC denied an application for a publication ban and sealing order on information and evidence filed in relation to a pre-trial motion

July 12, 2019
R v Assoun 2019 NSSC 220
This NSSC decision ends the sealing of a court file in the case of a man who spent sixteen and a half years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

July 8, 2019
Seguin et al v Ardiel et al 2019 ONSC
A successful application was brought under s. 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, for an order dismissing a defamation action.

July 8, 2019
HMQ v Rebecca Reid 2019 OCJ 19-6210
In this Ontario Court of Justice decision, the Crown’s application for a non-publication and sealing Order on a potential victim impact statement was dismissed. The application was pursuant to section 486.7 of the CCC, which was a novel use of that provision.

May 30, 2019
Torgerson et al v Nijem 2019 ONSC 3320
In this judgment, the ONSC struck out a claim in defamation for internet postings summarily (prior to defending) on a limitation, relying on the 2017 ONCA case of John v Ballingall.