In what circumstances will deponents be required to provide their own undertakings?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dow Chemical Canada Inc. v. Shell Chemicals Canada Ltd., 2008 ABQB 671 (CanLII):
In CRC-Evans v. O.J. Pipelines 1996 CarswellAlta 897, the court declined to order that undertakings be provided by deponents. The rationale for the ruling was that it would be inappropriate to burden non-party affiants with an obligation to provide undertakings.
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