Pub Bans and Sealing Orders

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R v The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2017 ABQB 329
An important decision from the ABQB, dealing with "unpublishing" after a Criminal Code ban has been imposed, under ss 486.4.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


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.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


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).

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


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.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


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.