Unless otherwise directed by the court, any party seeking a discretionary publication ban must do the following:
- Serve and file a formal notice of application or motion, along with any supporting materials, in accordance with the applicable procedural rules; and
- Provide notice of their request to the media by completing and submitting the Notice of Request for Publication Ban form below. The notice period for doing this is the same as the notice period under the applicable procedural rules for serving and filing a notice of motion.
The information included in the Notice of Request for Publication Ban will be distributed electronically to members of the media who have subscribed to receive notice of any publication ban request in the court.
Members of the media who wish to receive copies of any Notice of Request for Publication Ban should submit a request to be added to the court’s Publication Ban Notification Media Subscriber List by completing and submitting the request form below.
Note: this process does not apply to publication bans that are mandated by statute, whether automatically or following a party’s request.
Resources/Documents
Practice Directions
Part VI, s. G of the Consolidated Civil Provincial Practice Direction;
Part II, s. H of the Consolidated Provincial Practice Direction for Family Proceedings;
Part IX, s. D of the Consolidated Provincial Practice Direction for Criminal Proceedings;
Part IX of the Consolidated Practice Direction for Divisional Court Proceedings;
Part XVIII, s. 72 of the Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning the Commercial List.
Forms
Notice of Request for Publication Ban
Request to be added to Superior Court of Justice Publication Ban Notification Media Subscriber List