What is the test for a party to amend their pleading?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from TSCC Corporation No. 2123 v. Times Group Principals, 2018 ONSC 4799 (CanLII):
Leave to amend should be refused where there is no reason to believe that the party’s case could be improved by an amendment. “[I]f it is clear that the plaintiff cannot allege further facts that they know to be true to support the allegations in the pleading, leave to amend will not be granted”: [Miguna v. Ontario, para. 18].
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