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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 2641

Wilson v. Gaukel

The court found Norman William Gaukel in civil contempt for breaching injunction and consent orders by disclosing confidential information and filing claims in breach of required notice rules.

  • Contempt
  • Non-disclosure agreement
  • Breach of injunction
  • Abuse of process
  • Strike out pleadings
  • Committal
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 2133

Further Detention of Things Seized (Re)

The court dismissed a Crown application to further detain a seized cellphone, finding the investigation was not shown to be complex and the delays were unexplained.

  • Detention of seized property
  • S.490 criminal code
  • S.487.3 sealing orders
  • Complexity of investigation
  • Digital forensic services delays
  • Criminal-code-s-490
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Criminal procedure 2023 BCCA 417

R. v. Bacon

The Court of Appeal varied a sealing order to let sealed reasons in R. v. Bacon be used in related Haevischer proceedings, subject to undertakings.

  • Sealing of judgment
  • Use of sealed materials in related proceedings
  • Undertaking by counsel
  • In camera and ex parte hearings
  • Abuse of process
  • Sealing-orders
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Equity 2023 BCSC 1502

Concrete Cashmere Ltd. v. Lo

The court granted a modified interim injunction in a breach of confidence case, limited it to five months, dismissed two interlocutory requests against Ms. Lo, and ordered sealing of specified exhibits.

  • Breach of confidence
  • Interim injunction
  • Irreparable harm
  • Balance of convenience
  • Sealing and redaction
  • Breach-of-confidence
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Criminal law 2022 BCSC 1240

Further Detention of Things Seized (Re)

Application for further detention of seized electronic exhibits granted for one year, with a partial sealing order and return of items no longer required.

  • Further detention of seized property
  • Return of seized items
  • Sealing and redaction of court records
  • Open courts principle
  • Forensic examination of electronic evidence
  • Further-detention-of-seized-property
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Solicitor-client privilege 2020 BCSC 1887

Merritt v. Canada (Attorney General)

The court ordered a police affidavit sealed because it putativey disclosed solicitor-client privileged legal advice, found no present waiver, and adjourned the strike motion.

  • Waiver of privilege
  • Implied waiver
  • Crime-fraud exception
  • Open court principle
  • Expert disqualification
  • Solicitor-client-privilege
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Civil procedure 2019 ONCA 465

Donovan v. Sherman Estate

The motion judge granted the stay of this court's May 8, 2019 order because the moving parties satisfied s.65.1(2) and met the low threshold of showing a serious issue; refusal of a stay would cause irreparable harm by rendering the leave application and any subsequent appeal moot (disseminating potentially protected materials); and the balance of convenience favoured preserving the status quo. The judge declined to order redactions or re-adjudicate the original merits on a stay motion.

  • Stay pending appeal
  • Sierra club test
  • Privacy versus open court principle
  • Irreparable harm (mootness)
  • Balance of convenience
  • Redaction feasibility
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Trademark law 2013 BCSC 2508

Schluter-Systems KG v. Dollar Tile Distributors Ltd.

The court granted an interim injunction against alleged counterfeit Kerdi sales, issued Anton Piller orders for selected premises, and sealed the file briefly.

  • Counterfeit goods
  • Passing off
  • Trademark infringement
  • Copyright infringement
  • Anton piller orders
  • Irreparable harm
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Court procedure 2013 BCCA 430

I.J. v. J.A.M.

Chambers directions on publication bans, initials, sealing, leave to appeal, adjournment, and costs in related family proceedings.

  • Publication ban on appeal
  • Sealing court files
  • Initialization of styles of cause
  • Security for costs leave to appeal
  • Jurisdiction of chambers judge
  • Publication-bans
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Confidentiality 2003 FCT 117

Doe v. Canada (Attorney General)

Motion for blanket confidentiality, sealing of the file, and pseudonymous affidavits was refused because the applicant showed no specific, sworn harm.

  • Sealing of court records
  • Use of pseudonym
  • Redaction of medical records
  • Balancing confidentiality and public access
  • Sealing-of-court-records
  • Use-of-pseudonym
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