Pub Bans and Sealing Orders
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.
November 22, 2013
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.