There were instances of witness intimidation by the media, and witnesses were filmed even
when publication bans were in place.
In the leading case of R. v. Mentuck, 2001 SCC 76, Justice Iacobucci set out the circumstances
when a publication ban could be ordered:
Not exact matches
Tesco, a $ 77 billion company, will begin the
ban in September,
when kids go back to school, according to the reporter in a trade
publication, The Grocer.
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.
The Assistance Order and the Information to Obtain a search warrant became available to the media
when Justice Cole lifted a
publication ban on April 3, 2014.
The website of the Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario includes an interesting discussion of
publication bans in Ontario, but really misses the point
when it comes to the distribution of court judgments and
publication bans in the era of online distribution and access to legal information.
The Court also overturned the
publication ban, as the ex proprio motu powers expressed in s. 46 of the Quebec Code of Civil Procedures are an extraordinary remedy that should not be applied without even hearing submissions from either party, especially
when dealing with constitutional rights.
PUblication bans were not respected, nor was the the privacy of the parties
when those recrodings were given out to those unauthorized individuals, as noted above.
When anyone puts making money by hiring typists, and giving out the court recordings, above respect priccy as legislated and putting the admiinstration of justice in jeopary by not respecting the
publication bans to do with those matters being transcribed — giveing out recording to unauthorized individuals «typists» it is unethical behaviour.