Can a defence doctor request to videotape the examination?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Crone v. Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada, 2001 ABQB 787 (CanLII):
The Master in Mahoney v. Mahoney (1997), B.C.L.R. (3d) 79 (B.C.M.C.) was of the same view. The application was to videotape the examination on grounds that the defence doctor was unfamiliar to both the examinee and his counsel. The Master denied the application, also for several reasons including that there were no compelling reasons to interfere with the ability of the examining doctor to proceed with the examination as he saw fit. The examiner in that case was concerned that the videotaping would cause him to divert from his usual mode of assessment and this was accepted.
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