In what circumstances will an application be successful for further discovery under Rule 7-1(11)?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chow v Wichacz, 2021 BCSC 1604 (CanLII):
See also Holmberg v. McMullen, 2019 BCSC 1434 at para 31: 31 I conclude that in order to succeed on an application for further document discovery under Rule 7-1(11), an applicant must provide some evidence to support a connection between the documents sought and the matters in issue between the parties. Pleadings alone are not sufficient.
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