Is it appropriate to delay questioning on a Discovery examination?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Walsh v. TRA Company Limited, 2019 NLSC 168 (CanLII):
Further, Green, C.J. at paragraph 48 in Szeto v. Dwyer, 2010 NLCA 36 explains it will often make sense to save the questioning in respect to Discovery examinations until the parties have the opportunity to analyze the documentary record.
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