Famous Players Development Corp. Ltd. et al. v. Central Capital Corp. et al., (1991) 53 O.A.C. 185 (DC)

JudgeO'Driscoll, Steele and Rosenberg, JJ.
CourtOntario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
Case DateNovember 12, 1991
JurisdictionOntario
Citations(1991), 53 O.A.C. 185 (DC)

Famous Players Dev. v. Central Capital (1991), 53 O.A.C. 185 (DC)

MLB headnote and full text

Famous Players Development Corporation Limited and Bedford House Corporation (plaintiffs/appellants) v. Central Capital Corporation, Central Capital Management Inc. and Central Trust Company (defendants/respondents)

(No. 136/91)

Indexed As: Famous Players Development Corp. Ltd. et al. v. Central Capital Corp. et al.

Ontario Court of Justice

General Division

Divisional Court

O'Driscoll, Steele and Rosenberg, JJ.

December 3, 1991.

Summary:

The plaintiffs applied under rule 31.10 to discover a nonparty and former employee of the defendants. A Master allowed the appli­cation. The defendants appealed, with leave.

The Ontario Court of Justice, General Division, per Sutherland, J., in a decision reported in 1 O.R.(3d) 672, allowed the appeal. The plaintiffs appealed.

The Ontario Divisional Court dismissed the appeal but for different reasons than the trial judge, agreeing in the result. The court varied the costs portion of the judgment.

Practice - Topic 4230

Discovery - Examination - Persons who may be examined - Nonparties - Civil Procedure Rule 31.10(2) prescribed the conditions precedent to the granting of the discovery of a nonparty - A Master allowed such an application for reasons of costs, delay and convenience - The Ontario Divisional Court held that the Master applied the wrong test - The court held that there must be a refusal, active or constructive, to obtain the information before the applicant will meet the onus under rule 31.10(2)(a) - After the onus has been satisfied, the court may then look to rule 1.04 to decide whether the court's discretion, as set out in rule 31.10(1), should be exercised on the facts of a par­ticular case - See paragraphs 23 to 34.

Statutes - Topic 2413

Interpretation - Interpretation of words and phrases - Conjunctive words or phrases -"Or" - The Ontario Divisional Court held that the word "..., or", as found in Civil Procedure Rule 31.10(2)(a) should be read cumulatively or conjunctively and not alternatively or disjunctively - See para­graphs 23 to 26.

Cases Noticed:

Rothwell and Fraser v. Raes and Con­naught Laboratories Ltd. (1986), 13 O.A.C. 60 (Div. Ct.), appld. [para. 25].

Dalewood Investments Ltd. et al. v. Canada Trust Co. et al. (1986), 9 C.P.C.(2d) 129, refd to. [para. 26].

Marleen Investments Ltd. v. McBride (1979), 23 O.R.(2d) 125, refd to. [para. 30].

Statutes Noticed:

Rules of Civil Procedure (Ont.), rule 1.04 [paras. 31, 34]; rule 31.10 [paras. 2, 19, 41]; rule 31.10(1) [paras. 23, 34]; rule 31.10(2) [para. 23]; rule 31.10(2)(a) [paras. 27, 33].

Counsel:

E. Cherniak, Q.C., and J. Knudsen, for the plaintiffs/appellants;

P. Griffin and S. McAskill, for the defen­dants/respondents.

This appeal was heard before O'Driscoll, Steele and Rosenberg, JJ., of the Ontario Divisional Court, on November 12, 1991. The decision of the court was delivered by O'Driscoll, J., orally and released on De­cember 3, 1991.

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