The Judicial Registrar ordered particular discovery from the plaintiff and non-party discovery from a related company across the majority of categories sought by the defendant, finding that the defendant had established grounds for belief that relevant documents existed based on the nature of the commercial dispute, the limited discovery produced to date, and specific evidence of communications and records likely held by the plaintiff and the company. Categories that were refused were either too broadly worded relative to the pleaded issues (the general 'dispute between directors' category), speculative as to the existence of documents (the investment bank category), or insufficiently supported (the MyDeal financial analysis category). The Registrar narrowed certain categories by refining temporal limits and removing overly broad language to prevent unnecessary generality and protect third-party commercial interests.
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