Within 10 days of the close of pleadings, the parties must exchange affidavit of documents. These affidavits set out all of the documents which are relevant to the issues in the action and it is divided into up to four schedules. Schedule A is a list of documents which are not privileged, Schedule B lists those documents which are privileged, Schedule C lists those documents which may be relevant but are no longer in the control of the party swearing the affidavit and Schedule D, which is only for simplified proceedings, is a list of all witnesses with relevant information to the action.

The parties will have access to each other's schedule A documents and can seek an order to see another party's schedule B document if it is believed it is not privileged.

Once the documents are exchanged, the parties will engage in examinations for discovery. In this process, each party is questioned by the opposite party's lawyer to discover all of the facts and evidence the other party has in its possession and which is not contained in the documents. The parties can also ask questions about the documents themselves.