A plea for interrogatories

Canadian civil litigation is predicated on the ability of parties to obtain their opponents' evidence through discovery tactics such as demands for particulars, requests to inspect o admit, oral examination, and examination by written questions.

Lawyers considering discovery advocacy largely focus on oral examinations. And, yes, oral discoveries may be great for eliciting spontaneous answers or for developing a new line of questions from a surprising answer. But there exists an oft-ignored discovery workhorse - interrogatories - that are cost- and time-effective while yielding voluminous details about an opponent's claims or defences.

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