Nora Refai

The plaintiff brought a motion seeking further disclosure from the defendant, including an unredacted bonus compensation document and details of expenses deducted from the bonus pool, in a wrongful dismissal action concerning unpaid bonuses.

The defendant had redacted information for relevance and commercial sensitivity.

The court dismissed the plaintiff's motion, finding that the redacted information was not relevant to the pleaded issues at this stage and that its disclosure would cause significant harm to the defendant due to its sensitive business nature and private employee information.

The court noted that the plaintiff could re-bring the motion if further evidence from discovery established relevance.

The plaintiffs brought a motion under Rules 30.04(2) and 30.04(5) for the production and inspection of unredacted board minutes referred to in the defendant's Statement of Defence and Counterclaim.

The defendant had produced heavily redacted versions, arguing the redacted portions were irrelevant and commercially sensitive.

The court granted the motion, finding that the entire document was deemed relevant by being referenced in the pleadings, and the defendant failed to meet its onus of demonstrating that the redacted information was irrelevant or that its production to the plaintiffs would cause harm.