June 17, 2024
500-01-229363-228 2024 Court of Quebec
The accused is facing two charges, regarding sexual offences allegedly committed in 1997 towards a person under the age of fourteen. The trial was set to start June 17th, 2024. In this application, the accused ...

April 29, 2024
Ahmad v. Peel Regional Police Services Board, 2024 ONSC 2474
The CBC (represented by Iain MacKinnon) and CCLA (represented by Iris Fischer and Laura Dougan) intervened in this case where five police officers sought anonymization orders to conceal their identities.  The officers were the Defendants ...

April 12, 2024
Schoenborn (Re Application), 2024 BCRB 1001
Allan Schoenborn (convicted in February 2010, of killing his three children and found NCRMD) applied to the BC Review Board  to obtain a publication ban over his “new name” in any future proceedings before the ...

July 27, 2023
2023 FCA 166
This decision deals with the issue of whether the open court principle and s. 2(b) of the Charter applies to federal tribunals. In particular, it addresses whether CBC should have access to audio recordings from ...

March 17, 2023
Canadian Taxpayers Federation v Alberta (Election Commissioner), 2023 ABKB 161
This case involves the applicants, CTF and John Doe’s application for a publication ban and sealing order over John Doe’s identity and an order permitting John Doe to give evidence in camera in the context ...