A person directed to verify interrogatory answers on behalf of a corporation must have authority to make admissions on the corporation's behalf. The standard procedure under O.16 r.7(1)(c) and r.7(3) of the Federal Court Rules should ordinarily apply, allowing the corporation to choose its own member or officer with knowledge of the facts. It is inappropriate to distribute interrogatory questions among multiple deponents according to evidence given at compulsory examinations under s.541 of the Companies (New South Wales) Code.
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