4.15   Court’s power to deal with scandalous matter in documents

(cf SCR Part 38, rule 8, Part 65, rule 5; DCR Part 30, rule 8, Part 47, rule 7; LCR Part 25, rule 8, Part 36, rule 8)

(1)  If any matter contained in a document on the court file is scandalous, frivolous, vexatious, irrelevant or oppressive, the court may order:

(a)  that the matter to be struck out of the document, or

(b)  that the document be placed in a sealed envelope on the court file, or

(c)  that the document be taken off the court file.

(2)  A sealed envelope referred to in subrule (1) (b) may not be opened except by order of the court.