135. Common law jurisdiction to make order against non-parties for pre-action disclosure etc in order to identify wrongdoers.

135. Common law jurisdiction to make order against non-parties for pre-action disclosure etc in order to identify wrongdoers.

Civil Procedure (Volume 11 (2020), paras 1–496; Volume 12 (2020), paras 497–1206; Volume 12A (2020), paras 1207–1740) | Commentary

Where the court has no power under statute to order pre-action disclosure and production of documents1, a potential claimant may, in certain circumstances, commence proceedings for an order for disclosure