'The fact that the parties' children may someday google their names is something that simply reflects the age in which we live.'
A B.C. Supreme Court judge says that just because participants in a court case fear their children may find the case through Google in the future is no reason for a case to be made anonymous.
“The applicants assert that there is a risk that if this proceeding becomes widely publicized, it will cause damage to their personal and business reputations,” the judge said. The judge did note the petitioners acknowledged that anonymization orders and publication bans are exceptional orders, that a judge must balance several competing interests when hearing such an application.
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