Strong v. General Motors of Canada Ltd.

Summary

A wrongful dismissal case where the plaintiff did not file a reply to the defendant's allegations, and the court applied a broad interpretation of Rule 25.08(4) to avoid prejudice. The case also involved discovery disputes regarding the relevance of questions about employee treatment and internal policies, as well as the privilege of investigation notes created by the defendant's legal department.

Outcome

The court upheld solicitor-client and litigation privilege for certain documents, deemed discovery questions relevant under the semblance of relevancy test, and ordered the production of the plaintiff's employee file with extraneous material excluded.

Key Factors

• wrongful dismissal
• discovery
• solicitor-client privilege
• litigation privilege
• relevance of discovery questions