Other Cases

Other Cases


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.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v Attorney General of Ontario 2015 ONSC 3131
The media applicants in this case brought an application for a declaration that the practice of OPP officers impersonating journalists for purposes of criminal enforcement and investigation violated s. 2(b) of the Charter. Although the application was dismissed, the OPP now has a Statement of Principles on this issue.

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Chandra v CBC 2015 ONSC 3945
This interim decision concerns the admissibility into evidence of confidential materials from an unrelated proceeding, obtained by journalists in good faith.

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Postmedia Network Inc. v Merrifield 2015 ONSC 2847
The media applicants brought an unsuccessful application for a declaration that their rights under s. 2(b) of the Charter had been infringed and to set aside an earlier order which excluded the public from the trial proceedings and sealed all court records relating to the matters being heard.

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Figueiras v Toronto (Police Services Board) 2015 ONCA 0208
In this judgment the Court weighs freedom of expression and other "fundamental" liberties strongly in the balance when denying police at the G20 summit the power to detain, turn back, or search protestors approaching the summit area, as an exercise of common law police powers.