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An ex parte application to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reminded me of this note about investigations. It also has other interesting points on precedents - well, interesting for me and other law geeks, and potentially of interest to WTO nerds as well.

Ex parte? 1/
It means going to court asking for something without the other side present. For example, in the middle of a criminal investigation.

In this instance, the Court issued a sealing order for all relevant materials. And that the motion at issue could proceed without notice. 2/ ImageImage
Now both of these are extraordinary remedies in most instances, but not when there is a live criminal investigation going on. And it makes sense - that they are both extraordinary and possible. This is elementary; you should be sceptical of politicians who assert otherwise. 3/
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