What is the test for using "will say" statements?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bartch v Bartch, 2017 BCSC 1625 (CanLII):

The purpose of the will-say statements are, in my view, clear. They are designed as a procedural tool to ensure fairness, efficiency, and preparedness and to prevent ambush at trial: Sawridge Band v. Canada, 2007 FC 657.

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