Pub Bans and Sealing Orders
May 2, 2017
Teva Canada Limited v Janssen Inc et al 2017 FC 437
Teva was denied a confidentiality order, pursuant to Federal Courts Rule 151. Prothonotary Tabib cited the open court principle and admonished counsel for failure to uphold fundamental principles of justice including public interest in public and accessible court proceedings.
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.