What is inordinate delay in responding to undertakings?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Raven v. Airdrie (City), 2012 ABQB 74 (CanLII):

Waiting four years, 11 months and 28 days to deliver responses to 11 undertakings is inordinate delay. The court in Bingham v. Andriet 2008 CarswellAlta 12, 2008 ABQB 25, [2008] A.W.L.D. 776 and Frome v. Kapusta 2006 CarswellAlta 1736, 2006 ABQB 748, [2007] A.W.L.D. 688, [2007] A.W.L.D 691, 29 C.B.R. (5th) 69, 403 A.R. 378 determined that this long a delay in a simple action is inordinate. Blaming the defendant’s counsel for failing to contact the plaintiff’s counsel during the delay period makes it no less inordinate. Inexcusable Delay

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