What is the test for making a demand under Rule 7-1(11)?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ackert v At Nature’s Door Owners’ Association, 2021 BCSC 778 (CanLII):
A demand under Rule 7-1(11) requires the applicant to demonstrate a connection between the documents sought and the issues beyond a mere possibility. There must be an “air of reality” between the documents and the issues in the action: Addison v. Whitefox Technologies Ltd., 2014 BCSC 633 at para. 28.
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