Affidavit of Assets

• Author: David A. Crerar
• Pages: 163-165

CHAPTER

11

Affidavit

of

Assets

A.

GENERALLY

As

the

plaintiff

usually

does

not

know

the

extent

of

the

defendant

’

s

assets,

the

Mareva

order

may

include

a

requirement

that

the

defend



ant

disclose

in

affidavit

form

the

full

value,

nature,

and

whereabouts

of

his

assets.

British

Columbia

Model

Order

for

Preservation

of

Assets,

"Possible

Additional

Terms

of

Order":

Appendix

A

Ontario

Model

Asset

Preservation

Order

at

para

5:

Appendix

B

Majormaki

Holdings

v

Wong,

2009

BCCA

349

at

paras

1

and

4

Sekisui

House

Kabushiki

Kaisha

v

Nagashima

(1982),

42

BCLR

1

at

7

(CA)

Dexia

Credit

Local

v

Rogan,

2008

BCSC

1406

at

para

57

CBS

United

Kingdom

v

Lambert,

[1982]

3

All

ER

237

at

242

(CA)

Mooney

v

Orr

(No

i)

(1994),

98

BCLR

(2d)

318

at

para

22

(SC)

Pronesti

v

7309395

Ontario,

2014

ONSC

7303

at

paras

4-5

Disclosure

may

take

the

form

of

an

affidavit

delivered

to

the

plain



tiff

’

s

solicitors.

The

plaintiff

has

liberty

to

apply

to

the

court

for

an

order

for

cross-examination

on

the

affidavit.

Sekisui

House

Kabushikl

Kaisha

v

Nagashima

(1982),

42

BCLR

1

at

7

(CA)

A

Mareva

order

may

also

direct

in

the

first

instance

that

the

de



fendant

submit

to

cross-examination.

Ontario

Model

Asset

Preservation

Order

at

para

6:

Appendix

B

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