Is a plaintiff required to “turn over every stone” in order to identify the other party that is highly unlikely to produce any results?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ghuman v ICBC, 2019 BCSC 3 (CanLII):
The plaintiff is not required to “turn over every stone” and is not required “to take action to identify the other party that, while possible, is highly unlikely to produce any results”: Springer at para. 51 and Goncalves v. Doe, 2010 BCSC 1241 at para. 10.
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