Can discovery be restricted so that a preliminary issue can be resolved before there is entitlement to certain documents?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from De Cotiis and Others v. De Cotiis et al, 2004 BCSC 1659 (CanLII):
Discovery can be restricted so that a preliminary issue can be resolved before there is entitlement to the certain documents. In Singh v. Singh, supra, MacDonald J.A. said at 491: … [T]he plaintiff is only entitled to discovery and disclosure of such documents as may bear on the question of partnership or no partnership.
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