In what circumstances can a party to an application request to redact a section of a document that contains a private but clearly irrelevant information?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Natural Trade Ltd. v MYL Trading Ltd., 2019 BCSC 1368 (CanLII):
In some circumstances, redaction may provide a further measure of protection for passages that contain private but clearly irrelevant information: Este v. Blackburn, 2016 BCCA 496 at para. 20. The present applications, however, deal with document disclosure, not the appropriateness of redactions. As a result, I did not receive detailed submissions from the parties on the topic of redaction. At this stage, I only say that nothing in my reasons or orders is intended to rule on or limit the parties’ right to redact disclosed documents in accordance with the prevailing authorities.
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