What is a Halliday Order?
Last revised September 07, 2022

Halliday v. McCulloch, (1986) 1 B.C.L.R. (2d) 194, 14 C.P.C. (2d) 70 (C.A.), established a form of Order for the production of potentially privileged documents in applications for medical records.  Known as a Halliday Order, this Order allows the party claiming privilege to exclude from production privileged or irrelevant documents.

For an example of a Halliday Order, see Form 14F27 in British Columbia Court Forms, 2nd ed., chapter 14: Discovery.

 

References

Aaron Gordon, "Practice Tips - The Plaintiff's Perspective", Personal Injury Conference - 2001 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, 2001).

Contains a discussion of Halliday Orders. Available in most BC Courthouse libraries.

Colleen Grant, "Document Production in Complex Civil Litigation", Civil Litigation for Legal Assistants: Advanced Issues (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, 1989). Available in Vancouver Courthouse library.

Harris, Lyle G., Discovery Practice in British Columbia, looseleaf (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, updated regularly). Contains a discussion of Halliday Orders in chapter 2 and a sample form. Available in most BC Courthouse libraries.

"Rule 26(11) - Production of Records from a Non-Party", Supreme Court Chambers Orders Annotated, 2nd ed., looseleaf (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, 1990). Available in most BC Courthouse libraries.