Pub Bans and Sealing Orders

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


Aboriginal Peoples Television Network v Alberta (Attorney General) 2018 ABCA 133
The ABCA denied access to a video tape interview of an accused where only a portion was put into evidence, but makes some strong statements on the issue of openness of the courts.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


Canada (Attorney General) v Canada Revenue Agency 2018 NSSC 51
In a NSSC decision, the court agreed on the need for notice to the media in the context of a Criminal Code ss.462.48 application.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R v Canadian Broadcasting Corp 2018 SCC 5
The SCC overturned a mandatory injunction ordered by the Alberta C of A, which would have forced the CBC to “unpublish” a murder victim’s name, even though the articles in question were published prior to any publication ban.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R v Stanley 2018 SKQB 27
Before selection of the jury, the judge dismissed the application of PostMedia, APTN, CTV, CBC and Global for permission to broadcast and live stream limited portions of the trial of Gerald Stanley using 3 fixed television cameras, and imposed a publication ban of the application and his decision until the jury retired to consider its verdict.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R v Millard and Smich 2015 ONSC 7561
In this ONSC decision from 2015, a publication ban was imposed, under s. 648(1), on all evidence adduced at pre-trial motions in the Tim Bosma murder case until the end of the trial in the Laura Babcock murder case. A verdict was handed down on December 16, 2017, allowing the publication of the reasons for which the pub ban was initially granted.