D. Seifer

The plaintiff brought a motion to compel answers to undertakings and refusals given during an examination for discovery, specifically seeking unredacted copies of a credit agreement, its amendments, and calendar appointments in native format.

The court found that the credit agreement and its amendments were captured by the discovery requests and were relevant to the pleadings.

The court ordered production of the agreements but permitted limited redactions for irrelevant and commercially sensitive information, rejecting the defendants' broad redactions.

The court also ordered the production of calendar appointments in native format as impliedly required by the parties' discovery plan.

The plaintiff, owner of a longstanding craft beer competition, brought a motion for an interim injunction to prevent the defendants from holding a competing national craft beer competition.

The plaintiff alleged that a former employee, now working for the defendant association, misused confidential financial and business information obtained during his employment and during subsequent failed negotiations to purchase the plaintiff's competition.

The court applied the RJR MacDonald test and found a serious issue to be tried, presumed irreparable harm due to the nature of the confidential business information, and determined the balance of convenience favoured the plaintiff.

A time-limited injunction was granted until September 1, 2022.