Pub Bans and Sealing Orders
March 3, 2017
R v M.M. 2017 NSPC 12
A Nova Scotia court has ordered that an un-redacted version of an ITO be made available to the media, subject to both statutorily and judicially imposed publication bans (YCJA).
October 28, 2016
Foulidis v Foulidis 2016 ONSC 6732
In this ONSC judgment, a sealing order in a family court file was set aside and limits were put on a publication ban. The judgment also speaks about the new Ontario Notice Procedure.
September 13, 2016
R v Derbyshire 2016 NSCA 67
The NSCA refused to extend a publication ban on the names of undercover officers, citing the importance of court openness.
September 13, 2016
2016 SKQB 300
The SKQB grants an order for judicial review quashing a decision of the Provincial Court on a publication ban. And, it analyzes some jurisdictional issues related to who can seek pub bans under Section 486.4 of the Criminal Code.
August 15, 2016
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – Radio-Canada v Canada (Attorney General) 2016 FC 933
The Federal Court found that the Court Martial Administrator erred in finding that publication bans required the redaction of the names of the complainants when providing access to the requested court martial decisions to the media.