Pub Bans and Sealing Orders
November 2, 2017
R v Wagner 2017 ONSC 6603
In granting this publication ban the Court comments on the distinction between the common law Dagenais/Mentuck test for a pub ban vs s. 486.5 of the Criminal Code.
September 27, 2017
Popovic c Labelle Cour Superieure du Quebec 27 September 2017
In this decision, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that the in camera nature of a pre-enquete under ss. 507.1 of the Criminal Code (private criminal complaint) does not carry over automatically to the application for judicial review (certiorari) of the decision dismissing the private complaint. The certiorari hearing is in principle public and the Dagenais/Mentuck test applies.
September 8, 2017
R v George 2017 ONSC 5256
An Ontario court approved an order based on the access to exhibits protocol routinely used by courts in British Columbia.
July 19, 2017
Khuja v Times Newspapers Limited and others 2017 UKSC 49
The UKSC refused to grant an injunction that would have prevented the newspapers from identifying a man (Khuja) initially arrested, but subsequently released, in a long-running investigation into child prostitution in the Oxford area.
June 22, 2017
R v Clow 2017 PESC 9
Justice Key, of the PESC, dismissed a publication ban application by the Crown in respect to getting a copy of an accused' interview with the police for publication.