What is considered not to be a lawful excuse for failing to produce documents?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Han v. Cho, 2008 BCSC 1621 (CanLII):

In United Furniture Warehouse LP v. 551148 Ltd., 2007 BCSC 1252, at para. 24, Pitfield J. provided guidance as to what may be considered not to be a lawful excuse for failing to produce documents in the context of Rule 2(5)(c):

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