Does a party have a right to keep information in a family law case private?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Evanow v. Lannon, 2016 BCSC 1871 (CanLII):
In Chellappa v. Kumar, 2016 BCCA 2, the court made the following comments with regard to the protection of privacy rights of a party in a family law case at para. 40: A party’s right to keep information in a family law case private has been the subject of prior judicial scrutiny. While the litigant’s right of privacy is an important right, it is subject to, and does not take precedence over the right of the public to an open court process...
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