Can a witness at an employment tribunal be required to provide general confirmatory information?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Western Canadian Place Ltd. v. Con-Force Products Ltd., 1996 CanLII 10391 (AB QB):
The real issue then in Esso v. Stearns,supra, was when and how the witness being examined could put on the record qualifying information -that is, facts that were contrary to or inconsistent with the answers already given by the employee or ex-employee. The case did not deal with the obligation - as opposed to the right - of the witness being examined to provide general confirmatory information. In my view, there is no such obligation. A broad request that the officer being examined inform himself and disclose all information on a particular subject and in the corporate party's possession, whether contrary to another employee's answers or not, places an unreasonable burden on the witness.
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