What is the impact of an implied undertaking about the use of documents obtained through the discovery process?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Berkel v. Alberta (Cancer Board), 1996 CanLII 10388 (AB QB):

First, it adds nothing because the law already imposes an implied undertaking about the use of documents and other information gotten through the discovery process: Sezerman v. Youle (1995), 40 C.P.C. (3d) 1 (N.S.S.C.).

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