Can an injunction be issued to prevent future publication of material which has been published without a trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Holden v Hanlon, 2019 BCSC 622 (CanLII):
In Pan v. Gao, 2018 BCSC 2137 at paras. 453–464, Madam Justice Sharma, after canvassing the authorities, concluded that granting an injunction on future publication is “an exceptional remedy which will only be imposed by the courts in the clearest of cases”.
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