Trans-Canada Draperies Inc. v. 96955 Canada Ltd., (1983) 23 Sask.R. 118 (QB)

• Judge: Batten, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
• Case Date: April 14, 1983
• Jurisdiction: Saskatchewan
• Citations: (1983), 23 Sask.R. 118 (QB)

Trans-Can. Draperies v. 96955 Can. (1983), 23 Sask.R. 118 (QB)

MLB headnote and full text

Trans-Canada Draperies Inc. v. 96955 Canada Ltd. and Pawlik

(No. 515)

Indexed As: Trans-Canada Draperies Inc. v. 96955 Canada Ltd.

Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial Centre of Saskatoon

Batten, J.

April 14, 1983.

Summary:

A plaintiff applied for an order designating Robert Pawlik as the proper officer to be examined for discovery on behalf of the defendant corporation.

The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench designated Virginia Pawlik as the proper person to be examined on behalf of the defendant corporation.

Practice - Topic 4243

Discovery - Examination, persons who may be examined - Corporations, designation of officer of - The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench referred to the matters which a court should consider in designating an officer of a corporation for examination under Queen's Bench Rule 223(3) - See paragraphs 11 and 12.

Cases Noticed:

Protter Management Ltd. v. Ontario Housing Corp. (1976), 8 O.R.(2d) 445, refd to. [para. 5].

College Housing Co-Operative Limited and College Housing Holdings Incorporated v. Baxter Student Housing Limited and R.C. Baxter Ltd., [1975] 3 W.W.R. 379, refd to. [para. 6].

Gibson v. Bagnall, 93 D.L.R.(3d) 382, refd to. [para. 6].

British Columbia Lightweight Aggregate Ltd. v. Canada Cement LaFarge Ltd. et al., 87 D.L.R.(3d) 737, refd to. [para. 7].

Damiani et al. v. Anderson et al. (1977), 4 A.R. 187; 2 A.L.R. 373, refd to. [para. 8].

Yarmolinsky v. The King, [1944] Ex. C.R. 85, refd to. [para. 9].

Canadian Doughnut v. Canada Egg Products, 5 W.W.R.(N.S.) 428, refd to. [para. 10].

City of Regina v. Robinson's Clothes Limited, [1922] 2 W.W.R. 807, refd to. [para. 11].

Statutes Noticed:

Rules of Court (Sask.), Queen's Bench Rules, rule 223(3), rule 223(4) [para. 3].

Counsel:

R.N. MacKay, for the plaintiff;

N. Fisher, for the defendants.

This application was heard by BATTEN, J., of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench.

The judgment of BATTEN, J., was delivered at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on April 14, 1983.