In doing so the Court provided the following comments regarding unilaterally
set examinations for discovery:
Not exact matches
After the opening scene -
setting chapters, the reader is well rewarded with many nuggets: the story of his tramps around France mapping its geology; his fortitude in redistil - ling pure water
for 101 days to prove that it would not turn into «earth» (he later proved that it consisted of hydrogen and oxygen); his marriage; his tests
for tobacco adulteration; his brush with death at the gunpowder factory; his
examination of mesmerism; his tragic final years; and, of course, his main
discoveries and contributions, including his exchanges with the English scientist Joseph Priestley.
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Of most significance is the fact that before this application was
set, plaintiff's counsel had advised that they were now available to accommodate the
examination for discovery occurring in early January.
Here, the plaintiff sought to schedule mediation in order to
set a matter down
for trial without having completed
examinations for discovery.
The Court of Appeal
set aside the dismissal where the plaintiff continued to move the action along, participated in
examinations for discovery before and after the action was dismissed, and actions taken by the defendants» counsel did not support actual prejudice or reliance on finality.
Most of the pre-trial procedure has been completed, and the
examinations for discovery which have been conducted have fallen within the time limits
set out in Rule 68.
-- He limited the pre-hearing
examinations to a
set number of written questions (50 each
for each party), with no cross-
examinations or
discoveries to take place;
The plaintiff in its motion, which is not supported by any affidavit material
setting out its motive, seeks leave to send the transcripts of the
examinations for discovery to the police in order that an investigation can be carried out, and presumably charges laid, if there are reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an offence has been committed.