Canada Case Law

Zawilski v. Cogeco Connexion Inc.

Court

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

The Tribunal granted the confidentiality order under s.52(1)(c) CHRA applying the Sherman (Estate) three‑part test: it found the documents were contractually protected and treated as confidential, disclosure would pose a real and substantial risk to important public interests (protection of confidential contractual information and competitive market integrity), no reasonable alternatives would prevent that risk, and the benefits of sealing outweigh the harm to open court values. Therefore the specified documents are sealed and subject to confidentiality conditions.

Source excerpt

• Confidentiality order
• Open court principle
• Section 52 chra
• Duty to accommodate
• Described video accessibility
• Non‑disclosure agreements

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Future Electronics Inc. v. The King

Court

Tax Court of Canada

The Tax Court of Canada granted Future Electronics a permanent confidentiality order, allowing limited redactions of transcript excerpts to protect confidential commercial information.

• Confidentiality order
• Open court principle
• Redaction of transcripts
• Trade secrets
• Rule 16.1 (tax court rules)
• Proportionality/necessity test

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