In a personal injury action, in what circumstances will a doctor be required to produce a complete set of medical records?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chow v Wichacz, 2021 BCSC 1604 (CanLII):
He also relies on Master Muir’s reasons in Hadani v. Hadani, 2012 BCSC 1142, which indicate that where medical records are sought, the records of a medical practitioner should not be treated as a single document and there is no presumption that the entirety of such records should be produced. There must also be an “air of reality” between the documents sought and the issues in the action.
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