Judge declines to broaden publication ban
Counsel for parents of Muslim girl being sued over alleged assault at high school last year sought to prevent media from publishing location of incident, faiths of students involved
Editor’s note: This report includes comments made in court by the journalist who wrote this piece in objecting to a publication-ban motion.
A judge ruled Tuesday there was no evidence to justify an order banning the location of an alleged assault and the faiths of the two high-school girls involved in the altercation last year.
A Leo Hayes High School student of Jewish heritage - along with her father, acting in the capacity of her litigation guardian - filed a notice of action and statement of claim last fall in the Court of King’s Bench in Fredericton seeking damages for alleged assaults perpetrated by another girl at the school April 30,.
The lawsuit claims the incidents - one in the school, and another off school grounds on the date in question - were motivated by anti-Semitism.
The girl accused of assaulting her is of the Muslim faith.