The appellant, a lawyer whose licence was revoked for professional misconduct, appealed the Law Society Tribunal's decision to the Divisional Court.
As part of his appeal, he brought a motion for a sealing order to prevent public access to various medical reports detailing his mental health, which had been filed during the discipline proceedings.
The court applied the Sierra Club test and found that the open court principle should yield to protect the appellant's privacy and dignity, given the serious risk of self-harm and the fact that sufficient information about his misconduct was already public.
The motion for a sealing order was granted.
