S.C.C. File No. 38695 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO) BETWEEN:B E T W E E N: THE ESTATE OF BERNARD SHERMAN AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE, and THE ESTATE OF HONEY SHERMAN AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE Appellants (Respondents)(Respondents) - and - KEVIN DONOVAN Respondent (Appellant)(Appellant) - and - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, INCOME SECURITY ADVOCACY CENTRE, AD IDEM/CANADIAN MEDIA LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, POSTMEDIAPOSTMEDIA NETWORK INC., CTV, A DIVISION OF BELL MEDIA INC., GLOBAL NEWS, A DIVISION OF CORUS TELEVISION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, THE GLOBE AND MAIL INC. AND CITYTV, A DIVISION OF ROGERS MEDIA INC., BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION,ASSOCIATION, HIV & AIDS LEGAL CLINIC ONTARIO, HIV LEGAL NETWORK AND MENTAL HEALTH LEGAL COMMITTEE Interveners FACTUM OF THE RESPONDENT KEVIN DONOVAN (Pursuant to Rule 42 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of CanadaCanada)) BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP 199 Bay Street 340 Albert Street Suite 1750, Suite 4000, Commerce Court West ConstitutionConstitution Square, Tower 3 TToronto,oronto, ON M5L 1A9 Ottawa, ON K1R 7Y6 Iris Fischer —– LSO #52762M Fey Oni —– LSO #78094V Tel: (416) 863863-2408-2408 Tel: (613) 788-2210788-2210 [email protected] ffey.ey.oni oni@[email protected] com Skye A. Sepp —– LSO #72385T Tel: (416) 863863-3887-3887 [email protected] ElliElliee Marshall —– LSO #78062B Tel: (416) 863863-3053-3053 Fax: (416) 863863-2653-2653 [email protected] 23863611.7 - 2 - Counsel for the Respondent, Kevin Donovan Ottawa Agent for the Respondent, Kevin Donovan ORIGINAL TO: THE REGISTRAR COPIES TO: DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG SUPREME ADVOCACYADVOCACY LLP LLP 340 Gilmour Street, Suite 100 155 Wellington Street West Ottawa, ON K2P OR30R3 Toronto, ON M5V 3J7 Marie-France-France Major Timothy Youdan —– LSO #19390W [email protected] [email protected] Tel: (613) 695-8855695-8855 Chantelle Cseh —– LSO #60620Q Fax: (613) 695-8580695-8580 [email protected] Elie Roth —– LSO #429350 [email protected] Rui Gao —– LSO #75470W [email protected] Tel: (416) 863863-0900-0900 Fax: (416) 863863-0871-0871 Counsel for the Appellants, the Estate of Bernard Counsel for the Appellants, the Estate of Bernard Ottawa Agent for the Appellants, the Sherman and the Trustees of the Estate and the Sherman and the Trustees of the Estate and the Estate of BernardBernard Sherman and the Estate of Honey Sherman and the Trustees of the Estate of Honey Sherman and the Trustees of the Trustees of the Estate and the Estate of Estate Estate Honey Sherman and the Trustees of the Estate ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP Crown Law Office - Constitutional BranchBranch 1300-1001300-100 Queen Street 720 Bay Street, 4th Floor Ottawa, ON K11K1P3 1J9 Toronto, ON M7A 2S9 Karen Perron Peter Scrutton Tel: (613) 369-4795369-4795 Tel: (416) 326-4582326-4582 Fax: (613) 230-8842230-8842 Fax: (416) 326-4015326-4015 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney Ontario General of Ontario 23863611.7 - 3 - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH GIB VAN ERT LAW COLUMBIA 148 Third AvenueAvenue 865 Hornby Street Ottawa, ON K1S 2K1 Suite 1301 Vancouver, BC V6Z 2G3 Gib van Ert Tel: (613) 408-4297408-4297 Jacqueline D. 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Ottawa, ON K11K1P3 1J9 Toronto, ON M5H 4E3 Karen Perron Ewa Krajewska Tel: (613) 369-4795369-4795 Teagan Markin Fax: (613) 230-8842230-8842 Mannu Chowdhury [email protected] Tel: (416) 367-6244367-6244 Fax: (416) 367-6749367-6749 [email protected]@b1g.com Counsel for the Intervener, Income Security Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Income Advocacy Centre Security Advocacy Centre 23863611.7 -4- 4 - FARRIS LLP GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP 700 W Georgia St. 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 25th Floor Ottawa, ON K1P 1C3 Vancouver, BC V7Y 1B3 Jeffrey W. Beedell Robert S. Anderson, Q.C. Tel: (613) 786-0171786-0171 Ludmila B. Herbst, Q.C. Fax: (613) 788-3587788-3587 Erica C. MMilleriller [email protected] [email protected] TeTel:l: (604) 661661-9372-9372 Fax: (604) 661661-9349-9349 [email protected] Counsel for the Interveners, Ad IDEM/Canadian Ottawa Agent for the Interveners, Ad Media Lawyers Association, Postmedia Network IDEM/Canadian Media Lawyers Inc., CTV, a Division of Bell Media Inc., Global Association, Postmedia Network Inc., News,News, a division of CornsCorus Television Limited CTV, a Division of Bell Media Inc., Partnership, The Globe and Mail Inc. and Citytv, Global News, a division of CornsCorus a division of Rogers Media Inc. Television Limited Partnership, The Globe and Mail Inc. and Citytv, a division of Rogers Media Inc. MCCARTHY TÉTRAULTTETRAULT LLP JURISTES POWER Suite 5300, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower 130, merue Albert Toronto, ON M5K 1E6 Bureau 1103 Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4 Adam Goldenberg Kathryn Gullason Darius BosséBosse Tel: (416) 601601-8357-8357 Tel: (613) 702-5566702-5566 Fax: (416) 868868-0673-0673 Fax: (613) 702-5566702-5566 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, British Columbia Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, British Civil Liberties Association Columbia Civil Liberties Association 23863611.7 - 5 - HIV & AIDS LEGAL CLINIC ONTARIO SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP (HAL(HALCO) CO) 100-100- 340 Gilmour StreStreetet 1400-551400-55 University Avenue Ottawa, ON K2P OR30R3 Toronto, ON M5J 21172H7 Marie-France-France Major KhalidIChalid Janmohamed Tel: (613) 695-8855695-8855 Ext: 102 Ryan Peck Fax: (613) 695-8580695-8580 Tel: (416) 340-7790340-7790 Ext: 4045 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: (416) 340-7248340-7248 [email protected] Counsel for the Interveners, 11WHIV & AIDS Legal Ottawa Agent for the Interveners, 11WHIV & Clinic Ontario, 11WHIV Legal Network and Mental AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario, 11WHIV Legal Health Legal Committee Network and Mental Health Legal Committee 23863611.7 TABLE OF CONTCONTENTSENTS PART I — OVERVIEW AND FACTS ....................................................................................... 11 A. Overview ............................................................................................................................ 11 B. The factsfacts ............................................................................................................................. 3 i) The Shermans’Shermans' deathsdeaths .......................................................................................................... 3 ii) The Sealing Order .............................................................................................................. 3 iii) The Application ................................................................................................................. 4 iv) The Appeal ........................................................................................................................ 5 v) The New Evidence Motion ................................................................................................. 6 PART II — ISSUES ON APPEAL .............................................................................................. 7 PART III — STATEMENT OF ARGUMENT .......................................................................... 8 A. The standard of review is correctness ............................................................................. 8 B. The open court principle applies to all court proceedings ............................................ 8 i) Open courts and the rule of law ........................................................................................... 8 ii) The guarantees provided by s. 2(b) of the Charter ............................................................ 10 iii) The open court principle applies to probate proceedings ................................................ 12 (a) Probate is a court proceeding .................................................................................. 12 (b) Function of open courts is engaged by probate matters .......................................... 15 C. TheThe Dagenais/Mentuck/SierraDagenais/Mentuck/Sierra Club test applies ........................................................... 19 D. Privacy interests are generally attenuated in court proceedings ................................ 23 i) Individual privacyprivacy interests, "without“without more",more”, must yield to open courts .......................... 23 (a) Privacy is not absolute ...........................................................................................