What is the test for pleading in a personal injury action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chow v Facebook, Inc., 2022 BCSC 137 (CanLII):
That said, as the court of appeal has made clear, “fairness and access to justice considerations, including to defendants, reinforce the proposition that the essentials of a cause of action must be pleaded else the pleadings may be found to be fatally lacking”: Sandhu v. HSBC Finance Mortgages Inc., 2016 BCCA 301 at para. 44.
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