| Case-Name: | R v O.N.E. |
| Full-Case-Name: | Vancouver Sun v. Her Majesty The Queen, O.N.E. and the Attorney General of Canada |
| Heard-Date: | 2001: June 18; |
| Decided-Date: | 2001: November 15. |
| Citations: | [2001] SCC 77, [2001] 3 SCR 478 |
| Docket: | 28190 |
| History: | APPEAL from SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA |
| Ruling: | Appeal allowed |
| Unanimous: | Yes |
| Majority: | Iacobucci J. |
R v O.N.E. was a legal case heard in 2001 before the Supreme Court of Canada. It was an appeal against a ban on publication of details of the police investigation of a murder case. The appeal was allowed.
Judge Iacobucci J. wrote for a unanimous Court that the appeal raised substantially similar issues to those considered by the Court in R v Mentuck. He concluded that the publication ban sought should not have been ordered by the trial judge in light of the appropriate common law test for a publication ban. The appeal was therefore allowed. The publication ban, which was varied by the Court, was declared effective for a period of one year following the release of this judgment, because by that time, the operations in which the police officers were then involved should be completed.[1]