August 22, 2019
R v BS and KJ 2019 OCJ Ruling on Pub Ban
In this Ontario Court of Justice decision, the judge refused to impose a publication ban in a case of multiple accused and staggered trials.

August 16, 2019
R v Minassian 2019 ONSC 4455
The ONSC denied an application for a publication ban and sealing order on information and evidence filed in relation to a pre-trial motion

July 12, 2019
R v Assoun 2019 NSSC 220
This NSSC decision ends the sealing of a court file in the case of a man who spent sixteen and a half years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

July 8, 2019
HMQ v Rebecca Reid 2019 OCJ 19-6210
In this Ontario Court of Justice decision, the Crown’s application for a non-publication and sealing Order on a potential victim impact statement was dismissed. The application was pursuant to section 486.7 of the CCC, which was a novel use of that provision.

April 30, 2019
Bibeau c La Presse et al 2019 QCCA
In this judgment, the Quebec Court of Appeal states that “at most” the absence of charges is just one of many factors that the Court has to consider in applying Dagenais/Mentuck under s. 487.3 of the Criminal Code.