40% Agreement Hearing will be July 13 – 15

The 40% Agreement virtual hearing runs Monday to Wednesday next week. Here are the links on a daily basis:

Hearing Compendia

No Photos or recordings

Even though the hearing is being broadcast on YouTube, s. 136 of the Courts of Justice Act still applies, meaning that it is forbidden to take pictures, recordings (audio, audiovisual), snaps or to reproduce the hearing in any way.

Prohibition against photography, etc., at court hearing

136 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall,

(a) take or attempt to take a photograph, motion picture, audio recording or other record capable of producing visual or aural representations by electronic means or otherwise,

(i) at a court hearing,

(ii) of any person entering or leaving the room in which a court hearing is to be or has been convened, or

(iii) of any person in the building in which a court hearing is to be or has been convened where there is reasonable ground for believing that the person is there for the purpose of attending or leaving the hearing;

(b) publish, broadcast, reproduce or otherwise disseminate a photograph, motion picture, audio recording or record taken in contravention of clause (a); or

(c) broadcast or reproduce an audio recording made as described in clause (2) (b).

Offence

(4) Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.