Can the court use its power to control the abuse of the court’s process by litigants pursuing vexatious applications?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McLean v Law Society of British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 264 (CanLII):
The court’s power can be used to control the abuse of the court’s process by litigants pursuing vexatious applications, as well as vexatious actions: Fyfe v. Fyfe, 2014 BCSC 1999.
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