Pub Bans and Sealing Orders
December 21, 2020
Rebecca Marie Ingram et al v HMQ et al 2020 ABQB
In this recent decision from the ABQB, an application for an anonymization order sought by a deponent is denied.
December 17, 2020
R v Nande and Brule 2020 NWTSC 52
The NWTSC dismissed the Crown’s application for a publication ban over the agreed statement of facts tendered as evidence in the sentencing of an accused who pled guilty to accessory after the fact to murder.
December 11, 2020
R v Melvin 2020 NSSC 356
The CBC successfully dissolved an interim pub ban requested by Jimmy Melvin Jr. regarding a videotape from his dangerous offender hearing.
November 18, 2020
R v Wright 2020 ONSC 7049
At issue here was the interplay between s. 645(5) and s. 648(1) of the CCC in respect of publication bans of pre-trial proceedings in jury trials.
November 17, 2020
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Attorney General) v L.A. 2020 NSCA 75
A criminal ban does not preclude a common law ban, but must be considered as part of the Dagenais/Mentuck matrix.