Ontario appellants ordered to pay costs of $100K for accessing respondents’ privileged information

By Anosha Khan (January 30, 2023, 4:52 PM EST) -- The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed an appeal in a case in which the appellants had access to the respondents’ privileged and confidential information and copies of their email correspondence through the parties’ shared file server, finding the motion judge correctly applied Celanese Canada Inc. v. Murray Demolition Corp., 2006 SCC 36 when staying proceedings....