Can a judge re-open a case before judgment is entered?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wang v Jiang, 2021 BCSC 243 (CanLII):
The applicant asserts, and I accept, that a trial judge has a discretion to re-open a case before judgment is entered, but that discretion must be exercised sparingly in order to prevent a miscarriage of justice; Grewal v. Grewal, 2016 BCCA 237.
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