In a personal injury action, can a plaintiff oppose disclosure of documents in a settlement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sanghera v. Munn Enterprises and another, 2018 BCHRT 156 (CanLII):
In Cochrane v. Heir, [2011] B.C.J. No. 690, counsel for the defendants applied to be released from the implied undertaking as to confidentiality for documents originating in a previous action involving that plaintiff. The documents in issue were the transcripts of examination for discovery evidence given by that plaintiff in a previous action that had been settled and did not proceed to trial. There, as here, the plaintiff opposed disclosure.
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