Sentences with phrase «request publication bans»

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A five judge panel of Ontario Court of Appeal holds that the Criminal Code mandatory ban on publication of bail proceedings (when requested by an accused) violates the Charter - protected right to freedom of the press.

Last fall, in a bid to forestall the inevitable glare on Ghomeshi's four accusers, Gillian Hnatiw, the Toronto lawyer representing Lucy DeCoutere (the only complainant to request not to have a publication ban on her name) issued a statement: «Fundamentally, the case is about the alleged behaviour of Mr. Ghomeshi,» it read in part.

Section 517 provides for a mandatory ban on the publication of «evidence taken, the information given or the representations made and the reasons, if any, given» at a bail hearing at the request of an accused person.

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