The moving party, the presiding coroner at an inquest into several deaths in custody, brought a motion on consent for a sealing order over the coroner's inquest brief and confidential correspondence containing draft victim impact statements.
The motion was brought in the context of a judicial review application by the Ministry of the Solicitor General.
The Divisional Court granted the sealing order, applying the test from Sherman Estate.
The court found that the benefits of protecting the confidentiality of the investigative materials and the families' expectations outweighed the deleterious effects of sealing, preserving the integrity of the coroner's process.
