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Competition law 2025 Comp Trib 23

Rogers - Reasons for Order and Order partially granting Rogers Communications Inc.’s refusals motion

The motion was granted in part: questions that were directed to the Commissioner’s factual evidence on general impression and materiality and other discrete factual matters were allowed, while questions seeking privileged investigation or litigation materials, questions tied to an unpleaded deemed undertaking allegation, and requests that would be disproportionate or unduly burdensome (such as identifying every specific representation across thousands of documents) were refused; costs in the cause.

  • Deceptive marketing
  • Discovery refusals
  • Privilege (litigation privilege)
  • Relevance of prior administrative assessments
  • Remedies and costs
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Contract 2023 BCSC 1850

Top Down Investments Inc. v. Kranz

In a discovery application, the court ordered narrowed production of documents, including the Napkin, bank statements, tax returns and certain communications, while denying one request and dismissing another with liberty to re-apply.

  • Specific performance
  • Production of documents
  • Rule 7-1 disclosure
  • Misappropriation of funds
  • Examination for discovery
  • Civil-procedure-discovery
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Competition law 2022 Comp Trib 1

Secure Energy Services Inc. - Reasons for Order and Order regarding the Commissioner's Motion to compel answers on discovery

The Tribunal ordered disclosure of the limited witness contact information (Question 1177) as relevant and proportional and subject to Level B confidentiality under Rule 240(b), but declined to order answers to Questions 1230-1254 because they were vague, overbroad and required speculative or hypothetical analysis that Secure was not obliged to create; if Secure already performed such analysis it must produce it subject to privilege and confidentiality protections.

  • Efficacy defence
  • Discovery obligations
  • Divestiture
  • Efficiencies
  • Privacy
  • Confidentiality
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Banking law 2020 BCSC 1526

Marion Family Ventures Inc. v. Lam

The court granted most of the plaintiff’s document production application in a banking fraud dispute, but refused production of a branch list. Costs were awarded in the cause.

  • Wire transfer fraud
  • Internal bank policies
  • Standard of care
  • Document production
  • Proportionality
  • Know your customer (kyc)
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Civil 2019 BCSC 413

Govorcin Fisheries Ltd. v. Medanic Fisheries Ltd.

The court found the plaintiff’s document-production application too broad and unmanageable, and directed it be revised and narrowed under Rule 7-1.

  • Document production
  • Discovery
  • Rule 7-1
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Misappropriation
  • Conversion
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Class actions 2013 BCSC 369

Stanway v. Wyeth Canada Inc.

Discovery dispute in a class action over hormone therapy drugs alleged to cause breast cancer. The court set a broad relevance-based scope, but narrowed some speculative and expert-opinion questions.

  • Scope of examination for discovery
  • Common issues
  • Duty of care
  • Marketing and over‑promotion
  • Expert opinion
  • Document authenticity
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Family law 2013 BCSC 217

Aquilini v. Aquilini

The court refused to order pre-trial sale of a wine collection, declined to expand a restraining order, and held adultery discovery unnecessary in a separation-based divorce.

  • Division of family assets
  • Interim sale of assets
  • Restraining orders (s.67 fra)
  • Discovery and privilege
  • Adultery allegation and relevance
  • Document production from corporate entities
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Defamation law 2012 BCCA 181

Canwest Publishing Inc. v. Wilson

The Court of Appeal set aside an order compelling journalist Elaine O'Connor to identify a confidential source at discovery in a defamation action.

  • Journalist-source privilege
  • Wigmore criteria
  • Responsible communication defence
  • Interrogatories and discovery
  • Relevance and malice
  • Balancing public interest vs administration of justice
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Pension law 2005 BCSC 1762

Patrick et al. v. Telus Communications Inc.

Motion in a pension dispute: the plaintiffs obtained some discovery about other consent-pension applicants and discretionary documents, but not solicitor-client legal opinions.

  • Consent pensions
  • Discovery of documents
  • Solicitor-client privilege
  • Trustee discretion
  • Interrogatories
  • Unjust enrichment
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Class actions 2005 BCSC 896

Sharbern Holding Ltd. v. Vancouver Airport Centre Ltd. et al

The court allowed amendments to the pleadings, restated class common issues more concisely, created a Tevan subclass, and denied early discovery of a Tevan representative.

  • Breach of trust
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Negligent misrepresentation
  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Certification and common issues
  • Subclass creation
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