Pub Bans and Sealing Orders

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


Jane Doe v London Free Press 2015 ONSC 4239
A witness in a sexual assault trial sues the London Free Press for breaching a publication ban.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R. v Jha 2015 ONSC 1064
A publication ban is varied to prohibit ONLY the publication of names of any surviving children of an accused in this second degree murder trial.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R v Bourque 2014 NBQB 263
Justice David D. Smith denies the Crown and offender a publication ban on digital materials presented at the sentencing hearing. Citing the "Dagenais/Mentuck" test as the standard which parties opposing media access must meet, Smith, J. finds that the threshold has NOT been met.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


R. v. Huth 2013 BCSC 2123
In addition to granting access to videotape exhibits to CTV in this judgment, from the BCSC, Justice Macaulay sets out a media exhibit access protocol to be followed in future criminal trials in B.C.

Pub Bans and Sealing Orders


2013 SKCA 122
A Saskatchewan Court of Appeal judge has dismissed a publication ban application in a protracted securities hearing and awarded costs to the Leader Post.