B.C.\u0027s highest court has recommended a procedure for media seeking to find out information about trials being held in total secrecy.
The recommendation is outlined in a ruling in which a three-judge panel of the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Postmedia for information about a secret trial that began in B.C. Supreme Court last June. The case was only identified as Named Persons v. the Attorney General of Canada.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“Further, the dismissal of this application below prohibits Postmedia from access to any information about the nature of the case that would allow it to make meaningful submissions on a further application to vary or vacate the restrictive orders themselves.” In December, the panel had released a brief statement announcing that it was rejecting the appeal and adding that a full ruling would be released at a later date. The full ruling, signed by B.C. Court of Appeal Chief Justice Robert Bauman, Justice David Frankel and Justice Anne MacKenzie, was posted online Monday.
A lawyer for Postmedia appeared before Hinkson in a bid to find out what the case was about, but the judge declined to disclose anything about the trial, which was scheduled to run six weeks.Article content
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