What is the burden of identifying a presumptive connecting factor and of showing its applicability to a dispute?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Nohnychuk v Patrick, 2017 ABPC 226 (CanLII):

The party arguing that the court should assume jurisdiction bears the burden of identifying a presumptive connecting factor and of showing its applicability to the dispute. Gulevich v. Miller, 2015 ABCA 411, at para. 18 Van Breda at para. 100

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