Is Rule 317 of the Rules of Civil Procedure sufficient to support a fishing expedition?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Pauktuutit, Inuit Women's Assn. v. Canada, 2003 FCT 165 (CanLII):
Beno v. Létourneau (supra) is also instructive for the concept that the predecessor rule to Rule 317 could not be used to support a fishing expedition:
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