Dispute over GRABHER licence plate headed to court for hearing on Feb. 1

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man who made international headlines when the provincial government decided his personalized licence plate was offensive to women will have his day in court early next year.

The letters on the plate read GRABHER, which is Lorne Grabher’s last name.

Following up on one complaint, the province’s Registry of Motor Vehicles revoked his personalized Nova Scotia plate, saying it was a “socially unacceptable slogan.”

Grabher wants his name reinstated on the plate, and his lawyers from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms intend to argue the removal violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.