Court Upholds Post Media’s Right to Reject Advertisement

by | Sep 8, 2016 | News

In his September 1, 2016 judgment of Owen v Post Media Network Inc., Justice Darryl Brown declared “in the circumstances of this case, there has been no discrimination”.

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) prosecuted a complaint against the Regina Leader-Post alleging that the Leader-Post discriminated against the complainant (Mr. Owens) on the basis of his religion by refusing to publish an anti-LGBT advertisement during Pride Week. At trial, the Court rejected the complaint against the Leader-Post.

Post Media’s lawyer Sean Sinclair had argued the ad wasn’t rejected because of Owens’ faith but because it was contrary to the paper’s values, was offensive and targeted a specific group of people.

The Court commented on the important and vital role of a free press and that requiring a newspaper to publish an advertisement would undermine the freedom of that press.

To learn more about this decision, click here.

 

CLUELESS on Trial!

by | Sep 7, 2016 | News

Robertson Stromberg is pleased to be the sponsor for the first entry of the Feminist Film Fun series at the Broadway Theatre.  Clueless on Trial!  will feature a full screening of the cult classic Clueless followed by a hilarious deconstruction by the LadyBits Comedy Collective, a local all-women improv group.  There are two showings on Thursday, September 8th:  7:00 and 10:00 pm.

 

Eleven RS Lawyers Listed in “The Best Lawyers in Canada”

by | Aug 16, 2016 | News

Eleven Robertson Stromberg lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 11th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada®. 

Christopher Donald is listed for Corporate Law, Reynold Robertson for Education Law, Bill Preston for Construction Law, Tiffany Paulsen for Family Law, Ken Ziegler for Immigration Law, Gary Young for Insurance Law, Allan Haubrich for Trusts and Estates, and Scott Waters for Banking and Finance Law as well as Corporate Governance Practice.

A single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honoured with the “Lawyer of the Year” designation.  Three Robertson Stromberg lawyers have been singled out as “Lawyer of the Year” for Saskatoon in their practice area.  M. Kim Anderson is listed as “Lawyer of the Year” for Saskatoon in the areas of Banking and Finance Law as well as Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law.  Les Prosser has been designated “Lawyer of the Year” in Corporate Law, Mining Law, and Natural Resources Law, and Melvin Gerspacher is listed as the “Lawyer of the Year” for Tax Law.

Sean Sinclair Challenges Legislation Granting Mandatory Publication Bans

by | Jul 5, 2016 | News

Sean Sinclair successfully challenged as unconstitutional recently passed legislation that makes it mandatory for the court to grant publications bans on the identities of youth victims of any crime.

Representing the media organizations in court, Sean said the judge’s ruling reinforced media’s role in ensuring the transparency of the court system and fundamental freedom of expression.

“The reality is that media are surrogates for the public.  In order to have an open and transparent court system, the media need to be able to properly report on what’s going on in the courtrooms,” Sinclair said.

“Any publication ban that’s going to impact on the press’s ability to report on what’s going on is going to affect the ability of individuals to understand what’s going on in the court system”.

To read the StarPhoenix report of this story, click here.

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