C.M.G. r. R.G., 2012 ONSC: 2496 (CamI.IT).

A husband and wile were involved in matrimonial litigation. Both asked for an order scal-

ing their court file and stating that they and their children were to be identified by their ini

bals. The basis for the request was the risk of harm to the children, given their vulnerable

stele, the family's high profile, and the nature of the intended proceedings.

The Court accepted that the children were at risk of significant emotional harm and noga-

Live repercussions, but it refused to seal the entire court file. Why wouldn't the Court seal

the entire file, when bolh parties requested that it be scaled? What type of information

did the Court decide would be left open to the public? Discuss the arguments for giving

the public access to such personal and private matters.

This assignment is graded out of 15 and is worth 15% of your final grade.

You will work in assigned groups. You will be graded points assign to each question below.

Use a single space 12 point font when writing. Your assignment should be about 1400+ words (five seven pages)

You are a group of young law students analyzing past cases for educational purposes.

1. On the cover sheet, state clearly the full name, and student ID of all people who participated in the assignment.

2. Give a background and summary of the case. (3 points)

3. What is the major type of law involved? (2 point)

4. What are the key legal aspects that the case deals with (5 points)

5. Are there precedents which support or go against the decision made? Are there other precedents which should have been considered. Please provide blue hyper links from www.canlii.org (5 points)

6. Give your analysis of the judgement made. Is it supportable in your groups opinion? Did the judge miss anything you would have considered ? (5 points)

Please make sure your answers are in the form of properly written sentences.

For question no. 6, make sure you provide your answer in the form of properly written paragraphs. Use the style we have talked about in class, and close with a convincing