Can solicitors for a party to a lawsuit be joined "for the mere purpose of making discovery"?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacRae v. Lecompte, 1983 CanLII 3052 (ON SC):
Burstall v. Beyfus, supra, is authority for the proposition that solicitors for a party to a lawsuit may not be joined "for the mere purpose of making discovery" — per the Earl of Selborne L.C. at p. 41. There was no suggestion made in that case that adequate discovery could not be had of the other defendants.
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