Is there an obligation on counsel for the opposing party to produce a lengthy list of questions?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Syed v Syed, 2017 ONSC 2588 (CanLII):
See Pohlod v. Bielajew 1993 O.J. No. 3345 where Justice Aitken at para 10: The obligation is not on counsel for the opposing party to try and guess what might be relevant information in a particular case and to produce a lengthy list of questions in an effort to ferret out all relevant financial information.
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