What is the legal test for a registrar's ability to order discovery?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Group Eight Investments v. Taddei, Ansell et al., 2003 BCSC 1695 (CanLII):
The manner in which this matter proceeded confirms the views I expressed in Byl v. Carrier Lumber Ltd., 2003 BCSC 1337, that there must be a spectrum of preparatory procedures available to registrars to meet the varying demands of the cases they hear, including, in extreme cases, the power to order discoveries. Otherwise, the registrar is liable to become a mere passenger on a runaway litigation train.
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