Federal Courts Rules

Marginal note:Representative selected

• 237 (1) A corporation, partnership or unincorporated association that is to be examined for discovery shall select a representative to be examined on its behalf.

• Marginal note:Examination of Crown

  (2) Where the Crown is to be examined for discovery, the Attorney General of Canada shall select a representative to be examined on its behalf.

• Marginal note:Order for substitution

  (3) The Court may, on the motion of a party entitled to examine a person selected under subsection (1) or (2), order that some other person be examined.

• Marginal note:Examination of assignee

  (4) Where an assignee is a party to an action, the assignor may also be examined for discovery.

• Marginal note:Examination of trustee in bankruptcy

  (5) Where a trustee in bankruptcy is a party to an action, the bankrupt may also be examined for discovery.

• Marginal note:Examination of party under legal disability

  (6) If a party intends to examine for discovery a person who is appointed under paragraph 115(1)(b) to represent a person under a legal disability, the party may, with leave of the Court, also examine the person under a legal disability.

• Marginal note:Examination of nominal party

  (7) Where a party intends to examine for discovery a person bringing or defending an action on behalf of another person who is not a party, with leave of the Court, the party may also examine that other person.