What is the test for a "balanced" and "independent" information notice?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bartram et al v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc. et al., 2015 BCSC 315 (CanLII):
The notice is a statutory requirement and its specific content is determined by court order. As such it “must be and appear to be balanced and independent”: Walls v. Bayer Inc., 2007 MBQB 131 at para. 29.
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