Category / Law and ethics

Moments before Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney delivered an important speech, Rabble journalist David P. Ball was kicked out of the press conference — despite having a press invite and the complimentary…

In an historic first this week, cameras will record closing arguments in the landmark B.C. Supreme Court case on Canada’s anti-polygamy laws. Connie Monk reports. 

 The Canadian Press is reporting that Ontario’s attorney general “says he’s open to the idea of allowing cameras in courtrooms and says the time is right to canvas judges, Crown attorneys and…

Feb. 28, 2011 — Under new rules that came into effect today, British Columbia’s courts will no longer block access to the court file in cases where a publication ban is in…

What is “responsible” journalism? Celebrating the first anniversary of an epochal Canadian libel judgment that will see this question litigated for years to come, a group of graduate students has launched a…

The Supreme Court of Canada has made it tough for lawyers, police and other investigators to “out” journalists’ sources. J-Source law editor Dean Jobb reports.

NewsThe Supreme Court of Canada has sent a strong message to judges, warning them that journalists should be ordered to identify confidential sources only in rare circumstances — especially the sources behind…

The Dutch government is moving to reinforce the right of journalists to protect sources after a major ruling by the European Community’s top human-rights court.  The Grand Chamber of the European Court…

Canada’s leading newspapers and media law experts have condemned a sweeping publication ban imposed April 30 on a hearing in the Tori Stafford murder case. Justice Dougald McDermid of Ontario’s Superior Court…

NEWS – In what may be the first case of its kind involving comments posted to a Canadian media website, the Halifax weekly The Coast has been ordered to identify seven people…