November 17, 2015
R v Clark 2015 ABQB 729
Several media outlets successfully applied to quash a publication ban that had been imposed at a preliminary inquiry in which the new sections 486.4(2.1) and (2.2) of the Criminal Code were cited.

November 6, 2015
R v Shawyer 2015 ABQB
This decision deals with Bill C-51 amendments to the Witness Protection Programs Act, and the recent enactment of the Safer Witnesses Act and a successful application for disclosure to the media.

July 2, 2015
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.

February 18, 2015
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.

December 4, 2014
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.