What is the test for disclosing expert’s reports prior to trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Eastman v. Eastman, 2013 BCSC 1019 (CanLII):
In Nowe v. Bowerman, the issue before Dickson J. was whether on a defence application at a case planning conference the court should compel the plaintiff to disclose the areas of expertise of the plaintiff’s proposed experts by a certain date well in advance of the 84-day deadline for delivery of expert’s reports prior to trial.
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