Is it blameworthy to use bankruptcy to avoid paying a civil judgment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bankruptcy of Kenneth Reginald Chaytor, 2006 BCSC 1742 (CanLII):
ICBC relies on Kozack v. Richter, supra, for the proposition that it is blameworthy to use the bankruptcy process to avoid payment of a civil judgment.
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