SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: Patient X v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia,
2013 NSSC 32
Date: 20130125
Docket: Hfx. No. 407509
Registry: Halifax
BETWEEN:
Patient X
Plaintiff
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
Defendant
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Suzanne M. Hood
Heard: December 4, 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Subject: Publication Ban
Summary: Both the applicant and a non-party physician seek confidentiality orders in an application for judicial review of a decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (the “College”).
Issue: 1. Should the applicant be granted a confidentiality order?
2. Should the physician be granted a confidentiality order?
3. Should the record be sealed and/or redacted?
4. Should the public be excluded from the courtroom during
the hearing of the judicial review application?
Result: Applicant and physician to be identified as Patient X and Dr. Y.
All identifying information for both is to be redacted from the record. Portions of the record to be sealed and other portions partially sealed. Courtroom not to be closed.
THIS INFORMATION SHEET DOES NOT FORM PART OF THE COURT'S DECISION. QUOTES MUST BE FROM THE DECISION, NOT THIS LIBRARY SHEET.