What is the scope of discovery in a civil matter?
Nunavut, Canada
The following excerpt is from RPC1 and RPC2 v The Commissioner of Nunavut and The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, 2021 NUCJ 30 (CanLII):
The discovery process is used by parties in civil matters to “learn the case to be met, to narrow the issues to be dealt with at trial, to prevent surprise at trial and to allow a party to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the case of the opposing party in anticipating that this may foster settlement. For these reasons, the scope of examinations of discovery is quite broad.” (Ironside v. Wong, 2003 ABQB 161, at para. 1.)
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