What is the standard of disclosure required by the Court of Appeal under the 1972 Civil Procedure Rules?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dexter Construction Company Ltd. v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2011 NSSC 92 (CanLII):

Under the 1972 Civil Procedure Rules, the basis upon which documents were ordered produced was on a standard of semblance of relevance: See Dowling v. Securicor Canada Limited 2003 NSCA 69, paras. 9 - 12.

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