What is the test for proving an undue hardship?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Polack v. Sterling, 2010 ABQB 122 (CanLII):
The onus of proving an “undue hardship” is on the claimant, and it is a “steep barrier”: See for example Barrie v. Barrie, 1998 ABQB 291 at paragraph 23.
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