What is the effect of a letter rogatory issued by a foreign court?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from GST Telecommunications, Inc. et al v. Michael Provenzano, 2000 BCSC 72 (CanLII):
In exercising such discretion Canadian courts have recognized that international comity and the desire to have their own requests enforced by foreign courts require that letters rogatory issued by foreign courts will be given full force and effect unless it would be contrary to public policy in Canada to do so or would otherwise be prejudicial to Canadian sovereignty or to its citizens. See: Zingre v. R. 1981 CanLII 32 (SCC), [1981] 2 S.C.R. 392.
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