Pub Bans and Sealing Orders
November 16, 2022
HMK v Ultra Electronics 2022 QCCS 500-36-010389-222
The Remediation Agreement régime under Part XXII.1 of the Criminal Code (s. 715.3 to 715.43) was adopted in 2018 and perhaps for the first time, a court, in this case the Quebec Superior Court, has ...
July 28, 2022
BMD et al v HMTQ 2022 ONCA
A recent decision of the ONCA, applying Sherman to uphold rejecting a ban on the name of a convicted accused physician.
June 20, 2022
Windels v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2022 SKCA 72
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal applied the test in Sherman Estate in lifting a sealing order and pub ban. It clarified the requirement for evidence to support such an application.
May 17, 2022
2022 SKQB 129
In this recent decision from the SKQB an application for a sealing order and anonymization of all pleadings was denied.
December 17, 2021
P1 v. XYZ School, 2021 ONCA 901
For the purposes of appellate jurisdiction (under s. 6 of the ON Courts of Justice Act), a sealing order or publication ban is a ‘final’ order vis-à-vis the media.