GRABHER Licence Plate

• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of Nova Scotia man’s ‘Grabher’ licence plate case

  The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal by a Nova Scotia man who was seeking to reverse the revocation of a personalized licence plate bearing his surname, 'Grabher.'

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2022
  
• Nova Scotia top court dismisses ‘GRABHER’ licence plate appeal

  Justice Cindy A. Bourgeois wrote that the original trial judge was right to rule that Lorne Grabher's personalized plate was not an area to which freedom of expression applied.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2021
  
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• Grabher gets appeal date in fight over revocation of personalized licence plate

  A Nova Scotia man fighting the province's decision to revoke a personalized licence plate that bears his surname - Grabher.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2020
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• Nova Scotia man returns to court in fight for ‘GRABHER’ licence plate

  A Nova Scotia retiree who is fighting to regain a personalized licence plate after it was deemed unacceptable is back in court.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2018
• N.S. retiree cites ‘vulgar’ government ads in bid to get licence plate back

  Lorne Grabher cited Halifax Water transit ads headlined "Our minds are in the gutter," "Powerful sh*t," and "Be proud of your Dingle," the last one a reference to a prominent waterfront tower as proof governments allow many potentially offensive phrases and names

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2017
• N.S. man takes legal action to have last name – Grabher – on licence plate

  Lawyers for Lorne Grabher filed a notice of application with the provincial Supreme Court, hoping to overturn a decision that canceled a plate used by his family for 27 years

  Canada

  May 15, 2017
• Debate over ‘GRABHER’ licence plate could be heading to court

  The controversy over Lorne Grabher's personalized licence plate, which reads "GRABHER," could be settled in court now that a group of lawyers has decided to sue the Nova Scotia government.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2017
• Alberta man’s father may take Nova Scotia to court to get GRABHER licence plate back

  The controversy over a Nova Scotia man losing his personalized licence plate shows no signs of abating as the man's Alberta-based son said his dad is now planning to take the Nova Scotia government to court over the matter.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2017