Is there any case law where a party who has not made full disclosure to a court has to prove to the court that there has been full disclosure?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Friedlander v. Claman, 2014 BCSC 2136 (CanLII):
In Laxton v. Coglon, 2008 BCSC 42, at para. 27, the court held that: “once non-disclosure has been established, the non-disclosing party bears an onus of showing that there has since been full disclosure to the court”.
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