What are the principles to be applied in the exercise of the court’s discretion?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sew Cozzi Ventures Inc. v Apex Outdoor Innovations Corp., 2017 BCSC 1500 (CanLII):

Our Court of Appeal has provided further guidance with respect to the principles to be applied in the exercise of the court’s discretion in Hansa v Hansa 2017 BCCA 199. In Hansa Frankel J.A., for the court, cited with approval the following passage from Grewal v. Grewal, 2016 BCCA 237, 387 B.C.A.C. 265:

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