What if a matter has been listed for trial through error or inadvertence?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from A.G.C. Mechanical Structural Security Inc., v. Rizzo, 2013 ONSC 1316 (CanLII):
Where a matter has been listed for trial through error or inadvertence, justice may require that the listing for trial be vacated even where there has been no substantial or unexpected change in circumstances. (see Hill v. Ortho Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Ltd., [1992] O.J. No. 1740, pg. 5)
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