Other Cases

Other Cases


R. v. Riley, 2023 NSSC 377
The NSSC denied a request from the Federal Crown for a retroactive publication ban. Randy Riley was acquitted by a jury of second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm on October 5, 2023. Kaitlin ...

Other Cases


2023 FCA 167
In this decision, the FCA is examining a Federal Court decision which dealt with five applications under section 41 of the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, having to do with the refusals ...

Defamation


A.B. c. Google, 2023 QCCS 1167
The Court ultimately holds Google liable in defamation and awards the sum of $500,000 in moral damages to the plaintiff.

Court and Tribunal Openness


Postmedia Network Inc. v. Named Persons, 2022 BCCA 431
The BCCA dismisses Postmedia’s appeals from orders of the BC trial court rejecting Postmedia’s attempt to vacate or vary prior orders made without notice to the media sealing the trial court file, imposing a publication ...

Court and Tribunal Openness


HMK v Ultra Electronics 2022 QCCS 500-36-010389-222
The Remediation Agreement régime under Part XXII.1 of the Criminal Code (s. 715.3 to 715.43) was adopted in 2018 and perhaps for the first time,  a court,  in this case the Quebec Superior Court, has ...