The defendant brought a motion to compel the plaintiffs to produce unredacted copies of the plaintiff's hospital records relating to a recent psychotic episode.
The plaintiffs had redacted portions containing false, delusional allegations of criminal conduct against third parties.
The court dismissed the motion, finding the redacted information was irrelevant to the personal injury claim and its disclosure would cause significant harm to the plaintiff and innocent third parties.
The plaintiffs' cross-motion for a sealing order and anonymization was adjourned to allow compliance with the Practice Direction regarding notice to the media for discretionary publication bans, with an interim publication ban granted.
