Canada Case Law

Galloway v. A.B.

Court

British Columbia Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal upheld a production order in a PPPA anti-SLAPP dismissal application, finding the requested documents were relevant and the disclosure prejudice was outweighed.

• Protection of public participation act (anti‑slapp) s.4 dismissal test
• Document production and disclosure
• Cross‑examination on affidavit
• Privilege (qualified, absolute, wigmore)
• Relevance–prejudice balancing
• Supreme court civil rules rule 22‑1(4)(c)

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