Can counsel for the party being examined on examination for discovery interfere on cross-examination?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zhang v Zhang, 2021 BCSC 831 (CanLII):
Counsel for the party being examined should not interfere on the cross-examination on examination for discovery unless it is “clearly necessary to resolve ambiguity in the question or to prevent injustice”: Day v. Hume, 2009 BCSC 587 [Day] at para. 20….
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