Does the term "blameworthy" apply to a failure to attend a hearing?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Okanagan Aggregates v Boake and others, 2006 BCSC 466 (CanLII):
Lambert J.A. continued: So "blameworthy" in the sense in which it is used in Anderson v. T.D. Bank must extend to that kind of conduct, though it does not extend to all intentional delays or defaults. The facts of Anderson v. T.D. Bank reveal the kind of cases where the respondent on the motion may have intentionally failed to appear but where that intentional failure was not blameworthy.
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