What is the test for dismissing a class action for want to prosecute?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dodd v Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., 2022 BCSC 512 (CanLII):
In Knight v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2017 BCSC 1487, the court denied the defendant’s application for an order dismissing the plaintiff’s class action for want of prosecution. In addressing whether there had been an inordinate delay, Mr. Justice Smith concluded:
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