632Orders about interrogatories

632 Orders about interrogatories (1) The court may— (a) set aside interrogatories, or any interrogatory, on a ground mentioned in rule 631 (1); or (b) on a ground mentioned in rule 631 (1), set aside, order to be removed from the court file, or order to be removed from the court file and destroyed, any answers to interrogatories that have been filed; or (c) order a party to answer, or to give a further answer to, an interrogatory that the party has— (i) failed to answer (sufficiently or at all); or (ii) made an objection to answering that the court disallows; or

Rule 632 (d) make any other order about the service or answering of interrogatories (including an order about costs) that it considers (2) The court may make an order under this rule on the application of a (3) Before making an order under subrule (1), the court must have regard (a) the principle that interrogatories in a proceeding should be limited to interrogatories that are reasonable and necessary for fairly disposing of the proceeding, or part of the proceeding, or for saving costs; proceeding, of interrogatories, or particular interrogatories, and the answers; (c) the likely time, cost and inconvenience of answering interrogatories or particular interrogatories. (5) An order under subrule (1) (c) may include, for a party who has failed to answer an interrogatory (sufficiently or at all), an order for the oral examination of— (a) if the party is an entity mentioned in rule 640 (1) (Answers by governments, corporations etc)—a person, or the holder of a position, stated by the court; or (b) in any other case—the party.

Rule 633 (6) The questions asked, and answers given, on an examination under subrule (5)— (a) must be taken down in writing and certified by an officer of the (b) as certified, are taken for this division to be interrogatories and answers to interrogatories. (7) An affidavit must not be used for an application for an order under this rule unless the court otherwise orders.