Can an application to suppress the true identity of parties to contemplated litigation be made without notice to the other parties?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jane Doe et al. v. Manitoba, 2005 MBCA 57 (CanLII):
29 An application to suppress the true identity of parties to contemplated litigation should not ordinarily be made without notice to the other parties. The limited circumstances in which it might be proper to proceed without notice were discussed by Arbour J. in Ruby v. Canada (Solicitor General), [2002] 4 S.C.R. 3, 2002 SCC 75. She said (at para. 25): The circumstances in which a court will accept submissions ex parte are exceptional and limited to those situations in which the delay associated with notice would result in harm or where there is a fear that the other party will act improperly or irrevocably if notice were given.
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