The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network sought leave to intervene as friends of the court in an appeal concerning whether the common law recognizes a tort of invasion of privacy.
The appellant supported the motions, while the respondent opposed them.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the motions, finding that the proposed intervenors would not offer a significantly different perspective from the appellant and that permitting the interventions would cause injustice to the respondent by delaying the scheduled appeal and requiring new factums.
