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Fred Schumann Speaks to the Lawyer’s Daily about Sealing Orders and Publication Bans

Ted Marrocco — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:45:59 +0000

Our partner, Fredrick Schumann, spoke with the Lawyer’s Daily about the recently released Supreme Court of Canada decision in C BC v. Manitoba. Fred successfully represented a media coalition that intervened in the case. Read the full article here.

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Justin Safayeni to speak at Constitutional Cases conference

Ted Marrocco — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:51:26 +0000

Xaidsart partner Justin Safayeni will be speaking today at Osgoode Hall Law School’s annual Constitutional Cases conference. He will be speaking on a panel about “Evidence, Information and the Criminal Justice System”, with a presentation called “Virtue and Vice in the Supreme Court of Canada’s Approach to Press Freedom: Reflections on the Strengths, Weaknesses and Potential Consequences of R v Vice Media Canada Inc.” You can see the full conference agenda here.

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Xaidsart represents coalition in important press freedom case before the Supreme Court of Canada

Ted Marrocco — Wed, 23 May 2018 13:14:26 +0000

Xaidsart lawyer Justin Safayeni is before the Supreme Court of Canada this morning representing a coalition of broadcasters, publishers, journalist organizations and free expression advocacy groups as interveners in the case of Vice Media Canada Inc. v. Her Majesty the Queen. The case stems from the RCMP obtaining a production order requiring a Vice journalist to turn over all records of his communications with a source for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting that source for terrorism-related offences. The coalition’s submissions focus on clarifying the protections that should be afforded to a journalist’s communications with non-confidential sources in these circumstances, arguing that the media’s right to privacy must weigh heavily in the balance and is engaged whenever police seek to seize a journalist’s work product. Justin will be presenting oral argument before the Court and you can read the coalition’s written submissions here. The case has attracted national and international attention due to its implications for press freedom in Canada.

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