What is the time limit for production of confidential documents?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Primex Investments Ltd. v. Northwest Sports Enterprises Ltd., 1995 CanLII 531 (BC SC):
40 No time limit for production of the documents was specified in the notice of motion, and none was argued before me. In the circumstances, therefore, I will simply order that the documents to be produced be delivered in a reasonable time, unless the parties can agree on a time-frame themselves. Bearing in mind these time constraints, the respondents may, if they are so advised, bring a specific application for a confidentiality order in terms wider than those envisaged by the Hunt v. T & N plc decision. THE ORDER
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